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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 1, 2001Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2001, 3:46 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 1, 2001, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2001-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1290 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 2001-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

505 
WFUS52 KTAE 012048
TORTLH
FLC131-012115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
346 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES SANTA ROSA BEACH...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

* AT 341 PM CDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS WATERSPOUT WILL MOVE ASHORE
  SHORTLY...HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE SOON AFTER MOVING INLAND.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SANTA ROSA BEACH BY 350 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3036 8640 3023 8625 3040 8600 3050 8630

.END

9-FOURNIER

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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.