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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 29, 1991Escambia County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 3:22 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1991, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1991, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Escambia, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2664 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 292022
TORPNS
FLC033-292115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
322 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN EAST BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA NEAR ELSANOR AND
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA
COUNTY FLORIDA WEST OF MOLINO AND MOVE TOWARD MCDAVID.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.