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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 19, 2003Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2003, 12:40 AM EST for Jefferson County, Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2003, 12:40 AM EST (05:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2003, 1:15 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Madison County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2003-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 2003-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

847 
WFUS52 KTAE 190540
TORTLH
FLC065-079-190615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1239 AM EST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1235 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AUCILLA BY 1255 AM EST...
  GREENVILLE BY 105 AM EST...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE DIFFICULT
TO DETECT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...SEEK REFUGE IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3041 8389 3031 8383 3046 8350 3060 8360

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton35 min
Mar 19, 12:10 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEJefferson35 min
Mar 19, 1:08 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEMadison37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.