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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 25, 2000Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 8:55 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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 25, 2000, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
65 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2000-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 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 2000-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 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 251256
TORTLH
FLC037-251400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
855 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 852 AM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A  
  WATERSPOUT IN THE CARABLLE RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED OR INDICATED
BY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD FOLLOW
THEIR TORNADO SAFETY PLANS IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2983 8480 2979 8460 3000 8450 3000 8479

FOURNIER
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:20 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin25 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.