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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 11, 2001Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 3:13 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 11, 2001, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Franklin County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 312 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 856 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 111914
TORTLH

FLC037-111945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
313 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

* AT 311 PM EDT(211 PM CDT) PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT
  OVER THE APALACHICOLA BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE 
IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 2980 8502 2967 8487 2986 8459 3002 8478

.END

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton27 min
Jun 11, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Madison26 min
Jun 11, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison26 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.