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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 26, 1997Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 1997, 5:33 AM CST for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1997, 5:33 AM CST (11:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1997, 7:35 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2584 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2584 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

621 
WFUS1 KTLH 261430
TORTLH
FLC063-261335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
733 AM EST SUN OCT 26 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 735 AM CST (835 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 631 AM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY TALLAHASSEE
DOPPLER RADAR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
COTTONDALE                BY 642 AM CST
MALONE                    BY 713 AM CST
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BE
MINDFUL OF RISING WATERS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 7:18 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton12 min
Oct 26, 7:30 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWashington30 min
Oct 26, 8:05 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWashington25 min
Oct 26, 8:33 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson62 min
Oct 26, 9:10 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay50 min
Oct 26, 9:20 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes40 min
Oct 26, 9:36 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson39 min
Oct 26, 10:05 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay40 min
Oct 26, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson54 min
Oct 26, 10:48 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECalhoun42 min
Oct 26, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEWakulla49 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.