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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 11, 1995Houston County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 8:57 AM CST for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 9:45 AM CST
In force
48 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, 3.0 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 1995-11-11Temperature 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 111457
TORTLH
ALC069-111545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
957 AM EST (857 AM CST) SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EST (945 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 855 CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GENEVA COUNTY EXTENDING INTO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS HOUSTON
COUNTY AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGE WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES. THIS LINE IS
10 MILES WEST OF DOTHAN AND WILL REACH DOTHAN BY 915 AM 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, 8:22 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva53 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.