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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 16, 1995Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 1995, 3:55 PM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 1995, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1995, 4:30 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1995-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 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 1995-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAQQ 162055
TORAQQ
FLC037-162130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
355 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED TO THE NORTH OF ST GEORGE ISLAND IN
APALACHICOLA BAY MOVING TOWARDS EASTPOINT BY THE PUBLIC.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 9:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa118 min
Mar 16, 10:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa2 hr
Mar 16, 11:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton2 hr
Mar 16, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton115 min
Mar 16, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson46 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.