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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 4, 1995Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 2:37 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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 12:00Z on 1995-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1919 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 041937
TORTLH
FLC063-042000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
337 PM EDT (237 PM CDT) WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 236 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
JACKSON COUNTY NEAR MALONE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A
TORNADO OVER NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. MALONE IS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM fON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 11:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton56 min
Oct 4, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WarningTAEBay44 min
Oct 4, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton52 min
Oct 4, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes53 min
Oct 4, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEJackson52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.