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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 9, 1990Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1990, 3:47 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1990, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1990, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes 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

Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2638 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Apalachicola Mun, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 092058 COR
SVRPNS
FLC059-092145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
347 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY

AT 345 PM CDT...THE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL
DEVELOPING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF VERNON. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWashington46 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.