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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 23, 2000Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2000, 12:34 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 23, 2000, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2197 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 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

370 
WFUS52 KTAE 231635
TORTLH
FLC037-231715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1234 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1223 PM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT WHICH    
  MAY MOVE ONSHORE AS A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARRABELLE      
  BEACH...OR NEAR DOG ISLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRABELLE...YENT PLACE BY 1235 PM EDT
  LNARK VILLAGE BY 1240 PM EDT
  MCINTYRE BY 105 PM EDT
  ST TERESA BY 110 PM EDT
  ALLIGATOR PT BY 115 PM EDT

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 2986 8476 2970 8456 2995 8430 3000 8456

GOULD
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden66 min
Jun 23, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.