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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 2, 1998Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1998, 7:55 PM EDT for Franklin County, Wakulla 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
Sep 2, 1998, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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
Sep 2, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1998-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

556 
WFUS1 KTLH 022353 RRA
TORTLH
FLC037-129-030045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
755 PM EDT WED SEP 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA
  WAKULLA COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 754 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDVILLE OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  PANACEA MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
ALLIGATOR POINT            BY 758 PM EDT
PANACEA                    BY 800 PM EDT
SOPCHOPPY                  BY 800 PM EDT
MEDART                     BY 805 PM EDT
CRAWFORDVILLE              BY 815 PM EDT


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.

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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.