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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 11, 1995Calhoun County, Jackson County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 11, 9:54 AM CSTTornado F0Ocheesee, FLCalhoun 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.

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°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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 8:27 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton48 min
Nov 11, 8:40 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes50 min
Nov 11, 9:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWalton30 min
Nov 11, 9:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson42 min
Nov 11, 9:23 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay52 min
Nov 11, 10:27 AM CSTTornado WarningTAELeon48 min
Nov 11, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla45 min
Nov 11, 10:52 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJefferson53 min
Nov 11, 10:56 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEWakulla49 min
Nov 11, 12:25 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDixie65 min
Nov 11, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WarningTAELafayette30 min
Nov 11, 1:34 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDixie26 min
Nov 11, 2:18 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEDixie42 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.