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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 27, 1995Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 3:21 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min.

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The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 863 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 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 272022
TORTLH
ALC069-272100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
421 PM EDT (321 PM CDT) FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT (400 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF DOTHAN IN NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY. THE DOTHAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME TRUCKS BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. PERSONS
LIVING NEAR DOTHAN SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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.