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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 31, 2000Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 31, 2000, 8:53 AM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 31, 2000, 8:53 AM EDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2000, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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
Jul 31, 8:53 AM EDTTornado F0Carrabelle Beach, FLA waterspout came ashore over Dog Island. No injuries or damage. Reported by the public and the Franklin County Sheriff.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2000-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2564 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 2000-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 311253
TORTLH

FLC037-311315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
853 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 850 AM EDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT A WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE  
  OF DOG ISLAND AND IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN POINT BY 900 AM EDT(800 AM CDT)
  HIGH BLUFF BY 910 AM EDT
  CREELS...MORGAN PLACE BY 915 AM EDT

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-TAKE COVER NOW!! THIS TORNADO IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 2970 8486 2991 8449 3002 8456 2999 8502

BARRY
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.