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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 1992Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1992, 5:57 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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
Nov 24, 1992, 5:57 AM CST (11:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1992, 7:00 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 24, 7:00 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Santa Rosa, 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 241158
TORPNS
FLC091-113-241300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
557 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 5:50 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE CENTRAL PORTION
OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY SOUTH OF MILTON. SANTA ROSA AUTHORITIES HAVE
REPORTED WIND DAMAGE NEAR INTERSTATRE 10.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa60 min
Nov 24, 8:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson27 min
Nov 24, 3:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson37 min
Nov 24, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson38 min

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.