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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 26, 1997Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 1997, 9:10 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 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, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1997, 10:00 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 6:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 1997-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1593 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 12:00Z on 1997-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
1593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 261509 RRA
TORTLH
FLC005-261600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1010 AM EST (910 AM CST) SUN OCT 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST (1000 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...BAY COUNTY
 
AT 908 AM CST TALLAHASSEE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
JUST SOUTH OF WESTBAY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS APROACHING YOU...TAKE SHELTER.  IF YOU
HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT... ASK YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 5:33 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson2 hr
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, 9:20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.