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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 27, 1995Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 271937
TORTLH
FLC131-272015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
336 PM EDT (236 PM CDT) FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT (315 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...WALTON COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
ENTERING WESTERN WALTON COUNTY...JUST WEST OF MOSSY HEAD. THIS STORM IS
MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF MOSSY HEAD...LIBERTY...AND GLENDALE.
 
PERSON LIVING NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 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 27, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton46 min
Oct 27, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes25 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.