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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 4:41 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2003, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2003-04-25Temperature 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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.

724 
WFUS52 KTAE 250941
TORTLH
FLC131-251030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
440 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 435 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 37 MILES WEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GORDON...LIBERTY BY 510 AM CDT...
  DE FUNIAK SPRINGS BY 520 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 3091 8681 3073 8676 3064 8604 3098 8606

$$

17-GOULD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton32 min
Apr 25, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Apr 25, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington23 min
Apr 25, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE105 min
Apr 25, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf42 min
Apr 25, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty, Wakulla33 min
Apr 25, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Apr 25, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor42 min
Apr 25, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEDixie29 min
Apr 25, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min
Apr 25, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 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.