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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 25, 2003Dixie County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 2:01 PM EDT for Dixie County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dixie County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 12:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

893 
WFUS52 KTAE 251801
TORTLH
FLC029-251830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
159 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 153 PM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FEW WATERSPOUTS 
  OFFSHORE FROM HORSESHOE BEACH...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  CROSS CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  YELLOW JACKET BY 230 PM EDT...

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2948 8330 2939 8330 2938 8294 2953 8296

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 5:41 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton49 min
Apr 25, 6:28 AM EDTTornado WarningTAEWalton32 min
Apr 25, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE118 min
Apr 25, 8:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington23 min
Apr 25, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE105 min
Apr 25, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf42 min
Apr 25, 11:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELiberty, Wakulla33 min
Apr 25, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Apr 25, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie, Taylor42 min
Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min
Apr 25, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial 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.