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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 11, 1994Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1994, 10:43 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1994, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1994, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa61 min
Apr 11, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEOkaloosa, Santa Rosa64 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.