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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 7, 1995Tift County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1995, 3:40 PM EST for Tift County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1995, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Tift County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 1995-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 072040
TORTLH
GAC277-072130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
340 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TIFT COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST
OF TIFTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER
TIFTON AROUND 355 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
TYTY IS ALSO 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 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
Nov 7, 1:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty44 min
Nov 7, 1:49 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDougherty41 min
Nov 7, 2:06 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEWorth20 min
Nov 7, 2:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly27 min
Nov 7, 2:24 PM ESTTornado WarningTAETurner36 min
Nov 7, 3:20 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDougherty, Mitchell25 min
Nov 7, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELowndes39 min
Nov 7, 5:47 PM ESTTornado WarningTAELowndes28 min

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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.