Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2000, 6:40 PM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2000, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2000, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gulf County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:53 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Honeyville, FL | Several large trees and power lines down on State Highway 71. Reported by the Gulf County EMA. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764 WFUS52 KTAE 300040 TORTLH FLC005-045-300145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 640 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA GULF COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 745 PM CST (845 PM EST) * AT 636 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMDALE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALLAWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR BEACON HILL...EARLY BY 645 PM CST DALKEITH...WHITE CITY BY 800 PM EST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY MORNING (100 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING) FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. MOLLERE NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 12:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.