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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 25, 2006Dixie County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 7:27 AM EST for Dixie County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
Dec 25, 2006, 7:27 AM EST (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2006, 8:00 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dixie County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 25, 6:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2006-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 2006-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 251227
TORTAE
FLC029-251300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0045.061225T1227Z-061225T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
727 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DIXIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CROSS CITY

* UNTIL 800 AM EST

* AT 722 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSS CITY...OR ABOUT 14
  MILES SOUTH OF STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSS CITY BY 740 AM EST...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (850) 942-8833. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2952 8337 2954 8337 2982 8309 2981 8293
      2982 8292 2982 8292 2976 8295 2971 8293
      2965 8295 2944 8321 2943 8326

$$

14-MROCZKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 7:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie49 min
Dec 25, 6:42 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Gulf, Walton10 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.