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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 17, 1995Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 2:55 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1995-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2407 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 1995-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 171956 RRA
SVRTLH
FLC131-172045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
355 PM EDT (255 PM CDT) MON JUL 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT (345 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN WALTON COUNTY
 
 
AT 255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN WALTON COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 81. THIS STORM IS
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL AROUND REDBAY.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson40 min
Jul 17, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor66 min
Jul 17, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes43 min
Jul 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWakulla42 min
Jul 17, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon47 min
Jul 17, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon56 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.