Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1989, 5:44 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1989, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Santa Rosa, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 8, 12:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 137 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THIS MORNING... AT 130 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF 15 TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH SEAS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES A/N HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
238 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THIS MORNING...
AT 229 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF
15 TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA.
MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HIGH SEAS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.
ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS CONTINUED
OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE..FROM PENSACOLA AROUND TO WEST OF CROSS CITY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT {30 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:50 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 540 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING..GULF COUNTY UNTIL 9 AM EDT.. AT 529 AM EDT A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. WAS LOCATED FROM EAST POINT AND EXTENDED TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MARINE INTEST IN THIS AREA SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS.. HEAVY SEAS..ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE ..A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF..FROM PENSACOLA TO WEST OF CEDAR KEY AND OUT 110 MILES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTH FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH SEVERAL SHOWERS EXTENDING INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. MOVEVENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:13 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 615 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 436 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT THIS THURSDAY MORNING... AT 605 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE BIG BEND AREA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS AREA OF RAIN ALSO EXTENDED OUT INTO THE GULF FOR 75 TO 80 MILES EAST THROUGH WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE GULF WITHIN THE AREA OF RAIN FROM JUST OFFSHORE FRANKLIN COUNTY TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. AT 605 AM ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING IN JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TyO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:36 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 636 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING..GULF COUNTY UNTIL 9 AM EDT.. AT 625 AM EDT A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. WAS LOCATED FROM CARRABELLE AND EXTENDED TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MARINE INTEST IN THIS AREA SHOULD EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS.. HEAVY SEAS..ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE ..A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF..FROM PENSACOLA TO WEST OF CEDAR KEY AND OUT 110 MILES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER A LARGE AREA OF NORTH FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITH SEVERAL SHOWERS EXTENDING INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. MOVEVENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Walton | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.