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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 7, 2000Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2000, 2:49 AM EDT for Franklin County, Gulf 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2000, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2000, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2000-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 070650
TORTLH

FLC037-045-070730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
149 AM CDT THU SEP 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT(330 AM EDT)

* AT 246 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER TILTON...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CALLAWAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  APALACHICOLA...FRANKLIN BY 250 AM EDT
  ODENA BY 255 AM EDT
  BEVERLY BY 300 AM EDT
  BUCK SIDING BY 310 AM EDT
  FORT GADSDEN BY 315 AM EDT

IF YkOU 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.


.END
17 GOULD

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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.