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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 24, 2000Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2000, 8:27 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2000, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2000, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
48 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 9:10 AM EDTTornado F0Carrabelle Beach, FLA waterspout briefly came ashore and dissipated. No damage indicated. Reported by the Franklin 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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1377 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 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 241230
TORTLH
FLC037-241315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
827 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 820 AM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WATESRSPOUT WHICH    
  MAY MOVE ONSHORE AS A TORNADO TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN   
  POINT...JUST OFFSHORE OF ST. GEORGE ISLAND MOVING                  
  NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARRABELLE BEACH BY 845 AM EDT
  CARRABELLE...YENT PLACE BY 850 AM EDT
  LNARK VILLAGE BY 855 AM EDT
  ALLIGATOR PT...ST TERESA BY 900 AM EDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

LAT...LON 2972 8485 2966 8464 2996 8432 3001 8478

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.