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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 2, 1994Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 1994, 2:13 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1994, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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 12:00Z on 1994-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 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 12:00Z on 1994-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAQQ 021813
TORAQQ
FLC037-021915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
213 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO JUST OFF THE COAST OF
ST GEORGE ISLAND. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK STURDY SHELTER IN THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GEFT 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.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon49 min
Oct 2, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson66 min
Oct 2, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison, Taylor56 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.