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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 10, 1995Franklin County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 2:48 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 3:06 PM EDT
In force
18 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, 6.8 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 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2454 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
2454 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAQQ 101848
TORAQQ
FLC037-101930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
248 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 246 PM EDT...SECURITY AT THE ST GEORGE PLANTATION REPORTED TWO LARGE
WATERSPOUTS OFF OF ST GEORGE ISLAND NEAR BOB SIKES CUT. THEY ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ONE WILL LIKELY COME ASHORE ON THE
WEST END OF THE ISLAND SOON. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
 
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 BUILDxING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes65 min
May 9, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson49 min
May 10, 3:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton57 min
May 10, 4:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton55 min
May 10, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson78 min
May 10, 4:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington69 min
May 10, 4:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes69 min

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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.