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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 20, 1994Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1994, 7:19 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1994, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1994-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1749 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1994-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 210020
TORPNS
FLC131-210115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
719 PM CDT MON JUN 20 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY
 
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR FREEPORT FLORIDA IN OKALOOSA
COUNTY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. IT WAS MOVING BETWEEN NORTHWEST AND NORTH
ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.