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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 9:39 AM CST for Calhoun County, Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 1995, 9:39 AM CST (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 1995, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, FL, Jackson County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Ocheesee, FL | Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touched down on the Northwest side of Highway 73 near State Road 274. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 111539 TORTLH FLC013-063-111630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1039 AM EST (939 AM CST) SAT NOV 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST (1030 AM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...CALHOUN COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JACKSON COUNTY TO BAY COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH CALHOUN COUNTY AFTER 945. RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY SOUTH OF CHIPLEY AND WILL REACH ALFORD BY 945 AND MARIANNA AROUND 1000 AM. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED IN NORTHERN BAY COUNTY WEST OF YOUNGSTOWN MOVING TOWARD CALHOUN COUNTY. 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 MObBILE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 8:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 9:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 9:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 42 min |
| Nov 11, 9:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 52 min |
| Nov 11, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 10:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 10:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 12:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 65 min |
| Nov 11, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 26 min |
| Nov 11, 2:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.