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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 19, 1995Washington County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1167 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 200102 RRA
SVRTLH
FLC133-200200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
901 PM EDT (801 PM CDT) SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT (900 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS ENTERING NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR CHIPLEY.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO
THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE COUNTY. TREES AND POWERLINES WILL LIKELY FALL
OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
 
SnEVERE 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
Aug 19, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson69 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.