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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 1, 1994Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1994, 6:19 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1994, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 012319
TORPNS
FLC113-020015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
619 PM CDT WED JUN 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE SPRING HILL AREA...ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF MILTON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING WEST.
DPERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ013-012130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
425 PM EDT (325 PM CDT) WED JUN 1 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTHA IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...

AT 420 PM EDT (320 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR
INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTHA MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE EAST.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
NEAR THE COUNTY LINE MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL
RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...SOME
SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ013-012130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
425 PM EDT (325 PM CDT) WED JUN 1 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTHA IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...

AT 420 PM EDT (320 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR
INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTHA MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE EAST.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
NEAR THE COUNTY LINE MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL
RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...SOME
SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEEscambia68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.