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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 11, 1995Holmes County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 5:21 AM CDT for Holmes County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 1995, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 281 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 111021
SVRPNS
FLC059-131-111130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
521 AM CDT THU MAY 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY...EASTERN WALTON COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DE FUNIAK SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

Local storm report, May 10, 11:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1222 AM EDT THU MAR 11 1995

TIME           COUNTY             EVENT

550 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     WIND GAGE AT TURKEY POINT INDICATED
                              WIND SPEED OF 44 KTS.

625 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS OF
                              40 MPH WITH SMALL LIMBS AND LEAVES
                              STRIPPED FROM TREES.

650 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     WIND GAGE AT TURKEY POINT INDICATED
                              WIND SPEED OF 39 KTS.

Local storm report, May 10, 11:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1222 AM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

DATE OF OCCURRENCE:  WED MAY 10 1995

TIME           COUNTY             EVENT

550 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     WIND GAGE AT TURKEY POINT INDICATED
                              WIND SPEED OF 44 KTS.

625 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS OF
                              40 MPH WITH SMALL LIMBS AND LEAVES
                              STRIPPED FROM TREES.

650 PM EDT    FRANKLIN CO     WIND GAGE AT TURKEY POINT INDICATED
                              WIND SPEED OF 39 KTS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	33 min
May 11, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon	26 min
May 11, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson	65 min
May 11, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	60 min
May 11, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	37 min
May 11, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	27 min
May 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.