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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1995, 12:21 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 231720 TORPNS FLC131-231815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1221 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY AT 1220 PM CDT...PENSACOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES TO THE EAST OF NICEVILLE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND EYES. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOTt AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 9:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
FLZ014-015-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1006 AM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 AT AT 845 AM EDT/745 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 925 AM EDT...RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
FLZ014-015-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1200 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT/3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 1128 AM EDT...RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN 85 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 54 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.