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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 11, 2001Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 10:13 PM EDT for Madison 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2001, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison 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, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 483 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12The 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
483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 120213
TORTLH
FLC079-120245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1013 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES MADISON...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...

* AT 1007 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 20
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MADISON BY 1020 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.


.END

48-TURNAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison27 min
Jun 11, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Madison26 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison34 min
Jun 11, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison62 min
Jun 11, 9:50 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELeon, Wakulla40 min
Jun 11, 10:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTAELeon48 min
Jun 11, 10:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon4 hr
Jun 11, 10:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon5 hr
Jun 11, 11:01 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon29 min
Jun 12, 1:35 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEMadison25 min
Jun 12, 2:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAELeon6 hr

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.