Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1989, 10:06 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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 9, 1989, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1989, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon 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 9, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado F0 | Leon, 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTLH 091410
TORTLH
FLC065-073-091500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1006 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH FLORIDA
...NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN LEON
RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...cPILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 9, 7:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 725 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT... AT 720 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM DECATUR COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR CLIMAX...EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH QUINCY TO WEWAHITCHKA AND OUT INTO THE GULF 75 MILES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR CLIMAX GOERGIA AND QUINCY FLORIDA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IN DECATUR COUNTY GEORGIA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH HEADING TOWARDS MITCHELL COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE MOST OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDESRTORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 740 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 TORNADO WATCH 444 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING HOURS. AT 725 AM EDT...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REACHED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA AND THEN TRAILES SOUTHWEST OVER THE GULF FOR OVER 100 MILES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVGING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 800 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT... AT 755 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THOMASVILLE GEORGIA THROUGH TALLAHASSEE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEWAHITCHKA AND OUT INTO THE GULF 75 MILES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR TALLAHASSEE. RADAR IN APALACHICOLA INDICATES SMALL HAIL LIKELY WITH THIS STORM ALONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING TO WORK THIS MORNING SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILTY IN THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH WHILE MOST OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDESRTORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 840 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 TORNADO WATCH 444 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING HOURS. AT 830 AM EDT...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXRENDED FROM SOUTH OF VALDOSTA TO EAST OF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDED ON OUT INTO THE GULF TO 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. ELSEWHERE..A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH GEORGIA..NORTH FLORIDA ALONG WITH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. OVER THE GULF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF FORT WALTON TO APALACHICOLA AND EXTENDED OUT INTO THE GULF BEYOND 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVGING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:09 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 910 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 444 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT... AT 900 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONTICELLO TO TALLAHASSEE AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH APALACHICOLA AND OUT INTO THE GULF 75 MILES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED NORTH OF APALACHICOLA MOVING INTO THE TOWN OF SUMATRA IN SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH WHILE MOST OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDESRTORM CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STdRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:44 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 944 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 1989 TORNADO WATCH 444 IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING HOURS. AT 928 AM EDT...A LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.. SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXRENDED FROM SOUTH OF VALDOSTA TO EAST NEAR PORT ST JOE AND EXTENDED ON OUT INTO THE GULF TO 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. ELSEWHERE..A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SHOWERS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH GEORGIA..NORTH FLORIDA ALONG WITH THE FLO7RIDA PANHANDLE. OVER THE GULF.. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM PANAMA CITY TO APALACHICOLA AND EXTENDED OUT 140 MILES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVGING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 9:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes | 3 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.