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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 26, 1992Holmes County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1992, 3:54 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1992, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 262056
SVRPNS
FLC059-262130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO THE WEST PART OF HOLMES COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTVILLE.
THESE STORMS HAVE HAD LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM DURING THE LAST
HOUR.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS
THROUGH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS OF HOLMES COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL &THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton36 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.