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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 2, 1998Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1998, 8:43 PM EDT for Franklin County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
47 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 00:42 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 00:00Z, 0.7 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 00:00Z on 1998-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 508 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
813 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.

845 
WFUS1 KTLH 030040 RRA
TORTLH
FLC037-129-030130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
843 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 930 PM EDT

* AT 835 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO AROUND 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALLIGATOR POINT MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
ALLIGATOR POINT            BY 845 PM EDT
ST TERESA                  BY 855 PM EDT
PANACEA                    BY 900 PM EDT
MEDART                     BY 905 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.

THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE
VISIBLE. GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 12:33 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson47 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.