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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 12, 1993Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 1993, 11:53 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1993, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1993, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 1993-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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 1993-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 121654
TORPNS
FLC033-113-121745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1153 AM CDT SUN SEP 12 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
REPORTS OF A WATERSPOUT HAVING MADE LANDFALL AT PENSACOLA BEACH
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS COUNTY AGENCIES. THE STORM AND
PARENT CLOUD WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH...TOWARD GULF BREEZE.
 
THE STORM MAY DISSIPATE AND POSSIBLY REFORM OVER SANTA ROSA SOUND
AS THE CLOUD MOVES NORTHWARD BACK TOWARD LAND...BECOMING A
DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY TORNADO.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEEscambia35 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.