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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 11, 1995Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 8:22 AM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 8:22 AM CST (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 9:15 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Geneva County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 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 111422
TORTLH
ALC061-111515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
922 AM EST (822 AM CST) SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST (915 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...GENEVA COUNTY
 
SPOTTER REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
SOUTHERN GENEVA COUNTY...AROUND 15 MILES WEST OF GENEVA. RADAR ALSO
INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER GENEVA
AROUND 845 CST.
 
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 11, 8:57 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHouston48 min
Nov 11, 9:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale, Henry44 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.