Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1989, 2:01 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia 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, 2:30 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.9
- Supercell composite
- 26.4
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, 8:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 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, 3 hours 21 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, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 24 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 143 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 438 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 129 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 5 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...AND EXTENDED EAST TO DE FUNIAK SPRINGS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 5 TO 70 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN DESTIN AND APALACHICOLA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM CEDAR KEY TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. MOVEVENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 243 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1989 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 439 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. AT 231 PM EDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 5 TO 20 MILES NORTH OF MILTON...EXTENDED EAST TO CRESTVIEW...NORTHEAST TO ENTERPRISE ALABAMA...AND SOUTH TO FREEPORT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LARGE AREAS OF RAIN WERE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF WITHIN 60 MILES OF SHORE BETWEEN P[ANAMA CITY AND APALACHICOLA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WERE ALSO OVER THE GULF. 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, 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, 2:21 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.