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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 6, 1996Houston County, Alabama; Jackson County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 2:12 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1996, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1996, 2:45 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1996-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 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 1996-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 062016
TORTLH
ALC069-FLC063-062045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
312 PM EST (212 PM CST) WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EST (245 PM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 210 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE A
TORNADO IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF MALONE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
HOUSTON COUNTY ALABAMA BY 220 PM CST.
 
 
 
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
Mar 6, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson14 min
Mar 6, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson29 min
Mar 6, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEJackson34 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.