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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 10, 1995Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1995, 3:51 AM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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 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 KPNS 100851
SVRPNS
FLC005-059-131-133-101000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
351 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...BAY COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY...SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
SERVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY TO WASHINGTON
AND CONTINUED SOUTHWARD TO SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS
LOCATED IN SOUTHERN WALTON COUNTY.
 
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
 
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE INTO WESTERN BAY COUNTY BY 415 AM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS AFLSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson49 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, 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.