Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 1997, 11:09 PM CST for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 1997, 11:09 PM CST (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1997, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:12 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Hinsons Xrds, FL | |
| Jan 15, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Vernon, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 160511 RRA TORTLH FLC133-160600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1209 AM EST (1109 PM CST) THU JAN 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST(MIDNIGHT CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1110 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EXTREME EASTERN WALTON COUNTY MOVING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF HINSON CROSS ROAD. THIS STORM WILL REACH VERNON AROUND 1120 PM CST...AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF CHIPLEY AROUND 1135 PM CST. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 67 min |
| Jan 15, 10:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jan 15, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 46 min |
| Jan 15, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 67 min |
| Jan 16, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 1:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 58 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.