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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 24, 1994Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 1994, 7:11 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 1994, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1994, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1994-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1015 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 1994-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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