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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 2003Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 1:28 AM CDT for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 1, 2003, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2098 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

171 
WFUS52 KTAE 010628
TORTLH
FLC133-010700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
128 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 120 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENHEAD...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUNNY HILLS BY 130 AM CDT...
  WAUSAU BY 145 AM CDT...
  POPLAR HEAD...ORANGE HILL BY 155 AM CDT...
  CHIPLEY MUNI AIRPORT BY 200 AM CDT...

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 3045 8574 3045 8553 3075 8544 3075 8569

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Jul 1, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Jul 1, 7:56 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton34 min
Jul 1, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton24 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.