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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 13, 2001Bay County, Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 10:49 PM CDT for Bay County, Washington 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2001, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bay County, FL, Washington County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2001-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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.

081 
WFUS52 KTAE 140350
TORTLH
FLC005-133-140430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1049 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

* AT 1045 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CRYSTAL LAKE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MASHBURN BY 1055 PM CDT...
  GREENHEAD BY 1100 PM CDT...
  SUNNY HILLS BY 1105 PM CDT...
  WAUSAU BY 1115 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA AND GEORGIA.

LAT...LON 3038 8577 3031 8559 3055 8542 3068 8563

.END

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 13, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Oct 13, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington33 min
Oct 14, 1:05 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin25 min
Oct 14, 1:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWakulla52 min
Oct 14, 2:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTAELeon, Wakulla50 min
Oct 14, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson26 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.