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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 15, 1994Okaloosa County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 9:40 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 1994-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 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 1994-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 160241
TORPNS
FLC091-131-160345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
940 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY
 
 
 
 
RADARS INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADO ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN OKALOOSA
COUNTY.
 
MOVMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE TORNADO AND DAMAGING
WINDS WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...G*O TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa66 min
Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton60 min
Apr 15, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Washington67 min
Apr 15, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson56 min
Apr 16, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden51 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.