Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 1993, 9:43 PM CST for Calhoun County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1993, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1993, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 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 KTLH 130344 TORTLH FLC013-130415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1043 PM EST (943 PM CST) FRI MAR 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST (1015 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY AT 940 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ROLLINS CORNER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM\ SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 12, 6:24 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 722 PM EST (622 PM CST) FRI MAR 12 1993 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING CLOSER TO NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR ...AND DIXIE COUNTIES... ...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE BIG BEND REGION OF NORTH FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT LIES IN THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PERHAPS WITH TORNADOES... STRONG WINDS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT...AND COASTAL FLOODING BEGINNING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. NO WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ARE INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION COVERING MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION THIS EVENING AS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN DRAMATICALLY LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO: NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 8:06 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
FLC037-045-130615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 906 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 400 AM EST... A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS IN THE GULF SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA. THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. WITH THIS WE CAN EXPECT VERY STRONG WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PERSONS SHOULD BE PERPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN STRONG BUILDINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 9:00 PM CST, 43 minutes before
FLZ003-005-006-007-GAZ011-012-130400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 959 PM EST (859 PM CST) FRI MAR 12 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTI 4 AM EST... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT... AT 950 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OF FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES AND OUT OVER THE GULF SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. <
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 9:43 PM CST, 0 minutes before
FLC037-045-130445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1025 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...A TORANDO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 4AM SATURDAY MORNING...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH WIND ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY. AT...1025 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING 10 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH EAST OF APALACHICOLA. ALSO LARGE AREAS OF RAIN COVERED MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTH ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE GULF TO BEYOND 12z5 MILES SOUTH THROU WEST OF APALACHICOLA. NNNN
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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.