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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 8, 2003Bay County, Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2003, 12:56 AM CDT for Bay County, Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 8, 2003, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bay County, FL, Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2003-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 721 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 2003-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 080556
TORTLH
FLC005-063-080630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1255 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTH BAY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1251 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BETTS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BETTS BY 100 AM CDT...
  COMPASS LAKE BY 105 AM CDT...
  ROUND LAKE BY 110 AM CDT...
  SIMSVILLE BY 130 AM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 3056 8550 3050 8546 3066 8516 3079 8531

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Apr 8, 2:40 AM CDTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Liberty35 min
Apr 8, 8:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Apr 8, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Apr 8, 10:35 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf55 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.