Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 2:33 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 1990, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1990, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 2438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 301934 SVRPNS FLC033-302030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 233 PM CDT THU AUG 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 230 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF ATMORE ALABAMA MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Aug 30, 12:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 100 PM EDT(NOON CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 AT 100 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORMWAS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE OVER THE REGION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. ADB...30/1700Z
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 202 PM EDT (102 PM CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND JACKSON... CALHOUN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT 202 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA TO JACKSON COUNTY OF FLORIDA TO IN THE VICINITY OF MARIANNA TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOUNTSTOWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SEMINOLE...JACKSON...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR\. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS...
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:05 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 PM EDT (102 PM CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT 300 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY GEORGIA TO 20 TO BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA TO JUST SOUTH OF SNEADS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO JUST NORTH OF PANAMA CITY AND ALONG THE COAST TO FT. WALTON BEACH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH GRADY COUNTY OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND GADSDEN AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADB...30/1905Z
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:07 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 305 PM EDT (205 PM CDT) THU AUG 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... GRADY...THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT 300 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY GEORGIA TO 20 TO BAINBRIDGE GEORGIA TO JUST SOUTH OF SNEADS. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO JUST NORTH OF PANAMA CITY AND ALONG THE COAST TO FT. WALTON BEACH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH GRADY COUNTY OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND GADSDEN AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADB...30/1905Z
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.