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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 26, 1998Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 1998, 4:57 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 1998, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 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 1998-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

079 
WFUS1 KTLH 262200 RRA
TORTLH
FLC131-262230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
557 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT (630 PM EDT)

* AT 456 PM CDT... SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF MOSSY
HEAD NEAR HIGHWAY 285 MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.

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.