Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1992, 4:37 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 1992, 4:37 AM EST (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 1992, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAQQ 020937 SVRAQQ FLC037-021030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 437 AM EST MON NOV 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN APALACHICOLA INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING FRANKLIN COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. REMEMBER TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND MOVE TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE HOUSE. 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. & NNNN
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, Nov 1, 11:25 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes before
FLZ004-020515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER APALACHICOLA FL 1015 PM EST SAT OCT 31 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EST MONDAY MORNING... AT 1114 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH GULF COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF WEWAHITCHKA... THIS STORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST HOUR AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION CHANNELS FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 2:28 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ003-020830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 220 AM EST (120 AM CST) MON NOV 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST AND INCLUDES THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN... AT 215 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVIVE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE LINE STRECHED FROM SAMSON ALABAMA SOUTH THROUGH DE FUNIAK SPRINGS AND FREEPORT AND OUT INTO THE GULF FOR 100 MILES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF FREEPORT. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA EAST OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 3:04 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
FLZ004-020900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER APALACHICOLA FL 255 AM EST MON NOV 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EST MONDAY MORNING... AT 255 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE EXTENDING SOUTH 100 MILES OVER THE GULF IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ENTERING GULF COUNTY FROM THE WEST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. PERSObNS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION CHANNELS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 3:55 AM EST, 42 minutes before
FLZ003-005-021000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 355 AM EST (255 AM CST) MON NOV 2 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH # 894 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA... AT 350 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRECHED FROM CAMPBELLTON SOUTH THROUGH COTTONDALE TO JUST EAST OF YOUNGSTOWN AND INTO THE GULF FOR 100 MILES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF YOUGNSTOWN IN BAY COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 35 TO 50 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN CALHOUN AND JACKSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 4:01 AM EST, 36 minutes before
FLZ004-021000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER APALACHICOLA FL 355 AM EST MON NOV 2 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EST MONDAY MORNING... AT 355 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARDS FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVING INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE SHERRIFS DEPT IN GULF COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. PERSONS IjN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION CHANNELS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Nov 2, 4:16 AM EST, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
410 AM EST MON NOV 2 1992
TIME EVENT
355 AM EST GULF COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL OVER BEACON HILL IN
GULF COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 60 min |
| Nov 2, 3:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 4:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 54 min |
| Nov 2, 4:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 49 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.