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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 9, 2003Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2003, 8:09 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 9, 2003, 8:09 AM CST (14:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-09Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -195 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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.

085 
WFUS52 KTAE 091409
TORTLH
FLC131-091500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
809 AM CST SUN MAR 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 802 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHOCTAW BEACH...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  NICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHOCTAW BEACH BY 810 AM CST...
  NEW HOME...ALLIGATOR BY 820 AM CST...
  PORTLAND...BAY VIEW BY 825 AM CST...
  FREEPORT...OWLS HEAD BY 830 AM CST...
  BUNKER BY 835 AM CST...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833.

LAT...LON 3065 8648 3048 8651 3036 8602 3061 8592

$$

8-JAMSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:09 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE36 min
Mar 9, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Gulf43 min
Mar 9, 3:49 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE41 min
Mar 9, 4:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf47 min
Mar 9, 5:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE83 min
Mar 9, 10:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton21 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.