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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 12, 2008Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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
Jun 12, 2008, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 130128
TORTAE
FLC131-130145-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0028.080613T0127Z-080613T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
827 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA BEACH AND SANDESTIN

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 826 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING 
  TOWARD SHORE 7 MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA BEACH OR VERY NEAR
  SANDESTIN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE 
IMMEDIATELY.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3036 8631 3038 8638 3041 8640 3041 8636
      3045 8632 3044 8626 3035 8621 3035 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 146DEG 5KT 3037 8635

$$

38-GODSEY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KTAE 130146
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
944 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

FLC131-130154-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080613T0145Z/
WALTON FL-
844 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
845 PM CDT...

THE WATERSPOUT HAS DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. SEVERAL OBSERVATIONS WERE RECEIVED NEAR MIRAMAR BEACH AND 
SANDESTIN OF A WATERSPOUT MOVING ASHORE. 

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3036 8631 3038 8638 3041 8640 3041 8636
      3045 8632 3044 8626 3035 8621 3035 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 146DEG 5KT 3039 8637

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE30 min

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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.