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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 11, 2000Holmes County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2000, 10:39 AM CST for Holmes County, Jackson County, Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2000, 10:39 AM CST (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 11:15 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Washington County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 111649
TORTLH
FLC059-063-133-111715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1039 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1033 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER BONIFAY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
  CHIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLMES CO AIRPORT...HULAW BY 1045 AM CST
  BAHOMA BY 1050 AM CST
  RICHTER CROSSROADS BY 1055 AM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3079 8574 3072 8567 3074 8563 3089 8535
          3100 8556

BARRY
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson47 min
Mar 11, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson32 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.