Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 1993, 1:10 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1993, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1993, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 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, 5.2 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAQQ 071710 RRA TORAQQ FLC037-071800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 110 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS STRONG STORMS AREA OCCURRING OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WATER SPOUTS. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER. 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 AVAILAB~LE...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. NNNN
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, Sep 7, 10:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
FLC037-045-071545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1048 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 1030 AM EDT...APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST END OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR ALLIGATOR POINT AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST GEORGE ISLAND. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND SAFE HARBOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 11:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
FLC065-129-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1122 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OFF THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST... AT 1120 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STONG THUNDERSTORM OFF THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST FROM NEAR ALLIGATOR POINT TO ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELL POINT. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE FREQUENCY OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STROKES HAS INCREASED AND CONDITIONS ALSO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUT FORMATION. BOATERS IN THE NORTHERN APALACHEE BAY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OF THIS STORM AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 11:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
FLC065-129-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1122 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OFF THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST... AT 1120 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STONG THUNDERSTORM OFF THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST FROM NEAR ALLIGATOR POINT TO ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELL POINT. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST HOUR. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE FREQUENCY OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STROKES HAS INCREASED AND CONDITIONS ALSO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUT FORMATION. BOATERS IN THE NORTHERN APALACHEE BAY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OF THIS STORM AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 11:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
FLC037-045-071645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1145 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 1127 AM EDT...APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST END OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR ALLIGATOR POINT AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST GEORGE ISLAND. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AND SAFE HARBOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 11:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
FLC037-045-071645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1145 AM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 AT 1127 AM EDT...APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST END OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR ALLIGATOR POINT AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST GEORGE ISLAND. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSON IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AND SAFE HARBOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ005-071815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 110 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 1993 ...HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHERN TALLAHASSEE METRO AREA... AT 105 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TALLAHASSEE METROPOLITAN AREA. RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCURRED ALONG THOMASVILLE ROAD FROM I-10 NORTHWARD TO NEAR THE STATE BORDER IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LEON COUNTY. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT SOME MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LEON COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM. MOTORISTS ARE REMINED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND TO SLOW DOWN IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AREAS.
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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.