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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 16, 1998Gulf County, Liberty County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1998, 6:28 AM CST for Gulf County, Liberty 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
Nov 16, 1998, 6:28 AM CST (12:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1998, 7:15 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gulf County, FL, Liberty County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1998-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 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 1998-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

827 
WFUS1 KTLH 161229 RRA
TORTLH
FLC045-077-161315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
728 AM EST MON NOV 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GULF COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA
  LIBERTY COUNTY IN NORTHERN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 815 AM EST

* AT 726 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOSFORD OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WILMA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
HONEYVILLE                  NOW
WILMA                      BY 750 AM EST


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
Nov 16, 5:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.