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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 19, 2003Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2003, 11:15 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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, 11:15 PM CST (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2003, 12:00 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 9:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2003-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1137 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 2003-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
1137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

577 
WFUS52 KTAE 200515
TORTLH
FLC131-200600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1114 PM CST WED MAR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALTON COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1112 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF SANTA ROSA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 1130 PM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3056 8633 3039 8623 3049 8589 3061 8596
          3089 8614

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 11:51 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Mar 20, 1:37 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay38 min
Mar 20, 2:19 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson41 min
Mar 20, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson49 min
Mar 20, 4:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay3 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.