Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1989, 1:10 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports 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, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1989, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Walton 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, 1:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Okaloosa, FL | |
| Jun 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Okaloosa, FL | |
| Jun 8, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Okaloosa, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPNS 081810
TORPNS
FLC091-131-081900-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
110 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
...OKALOOSA...WALTON
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5
MILES NORTH OF FORT WALTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 25 TO 30
MILES AN HOUR.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.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 8, 7:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 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, 4 hours 35 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, 2 hours 30 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, 1 hour 47 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, 1 hour 33 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, 26 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.
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, 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 |
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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.