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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 11, 1995Jefferson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 11:52 AM EST for Jefferson County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 11:52 AM EST (16:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 12:45 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 111653
TORTLH
FLC065-111745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1152 AM EST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH FLORIDA
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
BRIEF TORNADOES MOVING ACROSS THE TALLAHASSEE AREA. THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH JEFFERSON COUNTY JUST AFTER NOON AND MONTICELLO
BY 1215 EST.
 
 
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, 9:27 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton48 min
Nov 11, 9:40 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEHolmes50 min
Nov 11, 10:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWalton30 min
Nov 11, 10:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson42 min
Nov 11, 10:23 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEBay52 min
Nov 11, 10:39 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Jackson51 min
Nov 11, 11:27 AM ESTTornado WarningTAELeon48 min
Nov 11, 11:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Wakulla45 min
Nov 11, 11:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEWakulla49 min
Nov 11, 1:25 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDixie65 min
Nov 11, 1:45 PM ESTTornado WarningTAELafayette30 min
Nov 11, 2:34 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDixie26 min
Nov 11, 3:18 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEDixie42 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.