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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 11, 1995Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 12:23 PM EST for Berrien County, Lanier County, Lowndes County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 12:23 PM EST (17:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 1:15 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berrien County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 111724
TORTLH
GAC019-173-185-111815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1223 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BERRIEN COUNTY...LANIER COUNTY...LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 1220 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING EXTREME WIND DAMAGE
AND BRIEF TORNADOES EXTENDING FROM COOK COUNTY TO BROOKS COUNTY. THIS
LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH NASHVILLE AND
VALDOSTA BY 1245 EST...AND LAKELAND BETWEEN 1245 AND 100 PM 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, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly, Miller, Seminole42 min
Nov 11, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun42 min
Nov 11, 10:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur46 min
Nov 11, 11:23 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGrady52 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.