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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 23, 1995Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1995, 1:05 PM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
55 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, 6.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 447 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 231812 COR
TORPNS
FLC131-231900-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
105 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

   ...CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY




AT 100 PM CDT...MOBILE AND PENSACOLA WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES DUE WEST OF RED BAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR RED BAY IN THE
NEXT HALF 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton58 min
Apr 23, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton65 min
Apr 23, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEWalton54 min
Apr 23, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTAEHolmes27 min
Apr 23, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWashington54 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.