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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 19, 1998Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 19, 1998, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1998-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 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 1998-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

046 
WFUS1 KTLH 200119 RRA
TORTLH
FLC131-200205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
920 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 905 PM CDT (1005 PM EDT)

* AT 816 PM CDT... SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS TORNADO
  IS ON THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF CANEY CREEK AND HIGHWAY
  2 AND IS CUTTING A PATH THROUGH A PINE FOREST.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton47 min
Jun 20, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton61 min
Jun 20, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes59 min
Jun 20, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay32 min
Jun 20, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.