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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 12, 1995Madison County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 6:36 PM EDT for Madison County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 7:12 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2973 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 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 122236 RRA
SVRTLH
FLC079-122330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
636 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDER NORTH OF PINETTA. THIS
STORM IS MOVING WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN
LOVETT AND PINETTA.
 
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THDUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf54 min
Jul 12, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay43 min
Jul 12, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf51 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.