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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 11, 1995Jefferson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 10:10 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 1995, 10:10 AM EDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 1995, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Jefferson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 2421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 111415
SVRTLH
FLC065-111515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1010 AM EDT THU MAY 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1010 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CENTERED NEAR CHAIRES MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN WACISSA AND
MONTICELLO DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES IN THE TALLAHASSEE
A|RE WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.
 
SEVERE 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.
 
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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 11, 10:10 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
1005 AM EDT THU MAY 11 1995

DATE OF OCCURRENCE:  WED MAY 10 1995

TIME(EDT)      CITY LOCATION       STATE         EVENT/REMARKS
               COUNTY LOCATION

245 PM        ST GEORGE ISLAND     FL            WATERSPOUT
              FRANKLIN                           2 WATERSPOUTS WERE
                                                 REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
                                                 RIGHT OFFSHORE.  NO
                                                 DAMAGE REPORTED.

345 PM        ST GEORGE ISLAND    FL             PEA SIZED HAIL
              FRANKLIN                           NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 6:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Walton	69 min
May 11, 8:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	33 min
May 11, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Leon	26 min
May 11, 10:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Madison	60 min
May 11, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay	37 min
May 11, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes	27 min
May 11, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	60 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.