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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 1, 2003Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 7:56 AM CDT for Walton 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
Jul 1, 2003, 7:56 AM CDT (12:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1019 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
1019 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

569 
WFUS52 KTAE 011256
TORTLH
FLC131-011330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 748 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IONIA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 830 AM CDT...
  IONIA...COSSON MILL...
  ALPINE HEIGHTS...NARROWS...
  PINEY GROVE...SAND HILL...
  GLENDALE...CENTER RIDGE...
  DARLINGTON...GASKIN...

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 3063 8634 3058 8624 3084 8604 3098 8604
          3099 8613

$$

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWashington32 min
Jul 1, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE119 min
Jul 1, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 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.