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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 6, 1995Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 5:11 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 
TTAA00 KTLH 062114 RRA
SVRTLH
FLC123-062200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
511 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
 
AT 510 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM EAST OF PERRY ALONG HIGHWAY 27. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR FENHOLLOWAY AND FOLEY
BY 530 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER... LARGE
HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM... GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

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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.