Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 1, 1:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
FLZ005-006-011815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 111 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA... AT 110 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS OF WUKALLA...JEFFERSON...AND TAYLOR COUNTIES BETWEEN 120 AND 200 PM EDT. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS IN THE APALACHEE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
FLZ005-006-011815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 111 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA... AT 110 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF TALLAHASSEE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THOMAS AND BROOKS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS OF WUKALLA...JEFFERSON...AND TAYLOR COUNTIES BETWEEN 120 AND 200 PM EDT. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS IN THE APALACHEE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
FLZ005-006-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 240 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE...TAYLOR AND DIXIE UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE TAYLOR COUNTY COAST IN THE VICINITY OF ROCK ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DEKLE AND KEATON BEACH AREA BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD ASLO EXPECT LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM...AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FLZ005-006-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 240 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE...TAYLOR AND DIXIE UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE TAYLOR COUNTY COAST IN THE VICINITY OF ROCK ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DEKLE AND KEATON BEACH AREA BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD ASLO EXPECT LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORM...AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
FLC037-FL045-012145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 349 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR NORTH FLORIDA PENINSULA AND COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 325 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. PERSONS IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES ALONG WITH MARINERS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
FLC037-FL045-012145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 349 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR NORTH FLORIDA PENINSULA AND COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 325 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. PERSONS IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES ALONG WITH MARINERS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AND TAKE COVER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Talbot | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Marion, Taylor | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.