Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 1:37 PM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 30, 1992, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:55 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 301939 SVRPNS FLC091-302045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 137 PM CST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OKALOOSA COUNTY. ONE OF THE STORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTH ALABAMA. ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OKALOOSA COUNTY FROM SOUTH ALABAMA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR CRESTVIEW. BOTH OF THESE STORMS HAD INDICATIONS OF LARGE HAIL ON RADAR. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESPECAILLY LIVING NEAR THE ALABAMA FLORIDA STATE LINE...SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS OR MONITOR THEIR WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. 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.
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, Mar 30, 8:46 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
FLZ004-301530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 940 AM EST MON MAR 30 1992 AT 940 AM...THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS MARINE INTEREST SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER. LOOK TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WATCH FOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...LIGHTENING ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE APPROACHING LAND BETWEEN 1200 AND 1230 PM EST. ?
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 10:42 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ004-301730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 1140 AM EST MON MAR 30 1992 AT 1140 AM...THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS MARINE INTEREST SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER. LOOK TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WATCH FOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...LIGHTENING ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE APPROACHING LAND BETWEEN 1200 AND 1230 PM EST.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 11:42 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
FLZ004-301830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FLORIDA 1240 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 AT 1235 PM...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO THE EAST OF GULF COUNTY AND WILL BE EAST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 1 PM EST. MARINE INTEREST ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER UNTIL 130 PM. LOOK TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WATCH FOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE THUNwDERSTORMS COULD HAVE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...LIGHTNING ...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 1:03 PM CST, 34 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 205 PM EST (105 PM CST) MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST (6 PM CST) THIS EVENING. ..AT 202 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY GEORGIA ACROSS DECATUR AND THOMAS COUNTIES AND INTO LEON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN FLORIDA. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.