Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

Issued

Feb 16, 1990, 11:13 AM CST (17:13 UTC)

Expired

Feb 16, 1990, 12:15 PM CST

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Tallahassee, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 161714 COR
SVRPNS
FLC033-091-113-161815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
1113 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN OKALOOSA
          ...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA

AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THESE THREE COUNTIES.

AT 1105 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EXTREME SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND THE COASTAL WATERS UP TO
25 MILES SOUTH OF THERE.

THE CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ANQD OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

TTAAFL KTLH 161551
FLZ003-GAZ011-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1055 AM EST FRI FEB 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 46 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WATCH AREA IS 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES
EAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 45 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA.  THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE FLORIDA COUNTY OF JACKSON AND THE GEORGIA COUNTIES OF
SEMINOLE AND DECATUR.  CURRENTLY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES
ONLY LIGHT RAIN OCCURING OVER PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY AND OVER SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA.  HOWEVER HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN PARTS OF
SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.G

CTC

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