Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1989, 12:12 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia 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, 12:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Escambia, 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, 7:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 820 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 815 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN AND SHOWERS COVERING 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 TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DE FUNIAK SPRINGS TO FT WALTON BEACH. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. AT 815 AM ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING IN JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 833 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 827 AM EDT..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM WEST OF TALLAHASSE TO NEAR PENSACOLA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH HEAVY RAIN..AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA..THE PANHANDLE..SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM APALACHEE BAY WEST TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. MOVEVENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 934 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.. AT 927 AM EDT..WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN BAY..WASHINGTON..HOLMES COUNTIES AND NEAR PENSACOLA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH HEAVY RAIN..AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA.A.THE PANHANDLE..SOUTH GEORGIA..SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM APALACHEE BAY WEST TO JUST SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. MOVEVENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1140 AM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300PM EDT. AT 1126 AM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...MAINLY WITHIN 25 MILES OF PENSACOLA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 15 TO 65 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN PENSACOLA AND APALACHICOLA. WIDESPRED RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDAR KEY 80 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:23 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1220 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTY. AT 1215 NOON EDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS COVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE GULF 75 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM CRESTVIEW TO FT WALTON. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:37 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1236 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT. AT 1226 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CLUSTERED NEAR CRESTVIEW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...YOUNGSTOWN...AND WEWAHITCHKA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTH ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 30 TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN DESTIN AND APALACHICOLA. WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDIAR KEY TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 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, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 61 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, 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.