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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 11, 1994Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1994, 11:15 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1994, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1994, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 1994-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 458 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 1994-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 111613
TORPNS
FLC091-FLZ506-111715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1115 AM CDT MON JUL 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
  AND FOR BOATERS AND MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS OF
 
  ...OKALOOSA
 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE AREA
AROUND OKALOOSA ISLAND. BOATERS AND PERSONS ALONG THE BEACHES
SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THIS ACTIVITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF
A WATERSPOUT MOVES ONSHORE IT USUALLY DISSAPATES BUT COULD REFORM
OVER BAYS.

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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.