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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2000Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2000, 6:45 PM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
Nov 24, 2000, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bay County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2000-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 363 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
760 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 250044
TORTLH

FLC005-250115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
645 PM CST FRI NOV 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM LAGUNA BEACH TO WEST OF PANAMA CITY       
  BEACH...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST...

* AT 740 PM EST (640 PM CST) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  
  INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE COASTAL WATERS 7 MILES     
  WEST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THE DAN RUSSELL PIER BY 655 PM.
  
WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS TH6EY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3023 8600 3011 8582 3031 8564 3042 8584

.END
5-MOLLERE

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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.