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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 18, 1995Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1995, 2:12 PM CST for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 1995, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1995-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 KPNS 182011 RRA
SVRPNS
FLC059-182115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
212 PM CST SAT MAR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
AT 2:10 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR FROM TALLAHASSEE INDICATED 3/4 INCH HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED
FROM THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 2:07 PM CST, 5 minutes before
FLZ014-015-182300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
307 PM EST SAT MAR 18 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT AT 350 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...IN THE
MEXICO BEACH AREA AND THE ANOTHER TO THE EAST OF WEWAHITCHKA. OTHER
STORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  RESIDENTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.  STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 2:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington64 min
Mar 18, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden66 min
Mar 18, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay53 min
Mar 18, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison42 min
Mar 18, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon, Wakulla48 min
Mar 18, 4:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson41 min
Mar 18, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor65 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.