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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 21, 2000Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
May 21, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bay County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2000-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 2000-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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.

129 
WFUS52 KTAE 212317
TORTLH
FLC005-212345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
615 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 613 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED AT PHILLIPS INLET              
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BAY BY 620 PM CDT
  SAN CARLOS CHACATOS...VICKSBURG BY 645 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3028 8591 3019 8577 3035 8554 3045 8575

GOULD
NNNN

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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.