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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 9, 1995Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2056 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 100028
SVRTLH
FLC063-100115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
826 PM EDT (726 PM CDT) TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT (815 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF ALFORD
DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER... LARGRE
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
May 9, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes65 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton57 min
May 10, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton55 min
May 10, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson78 min
May 10, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington69 min
May 10, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes69 min
May 10, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin18 min

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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.