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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 2003Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2003, 5:29 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 12, 2003, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2003-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 981 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 2003-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 122129
TORTLH
FLC039-073-122200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WEST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  EAST OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINCY BY 600 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON VEHICLES. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...
DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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 3049 8470 3036 8466 3050 8437 3066 8456

$$

16-DYE

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.