Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 1993, 12:59 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1993, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1993, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 300559 TORPNS FLC091-113-300700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1259 AM CDT SAT OCT 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHEAST PART OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 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, Oct 29, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-301715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1113 PM EDT (1013 PM CDT) SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD...UNTIL 5 AM EDT. A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED WARM AND MOIST AIR TO RETURN OVER THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF WARM MOIST AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OVERNIGHT. WE NEVER CLOSE!!!
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-301715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1113 PM EDT (1013 PM CDT) SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD...UNTIL 5 AM EDT. A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED WARM AND MOIST AIR TO RETURN OVER THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF WARM MOIST AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OVERNIGHT. WE NEVER CLOSE!!!
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 10:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-300515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME AND DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1113 PM EDT (1013 PM CDT) FRI OCT 29 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD...UNTIL 5 AM EDT. A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED WARM AND MOIST AIR TO RETURN OVER THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF WARM MOIST AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OVERNIGHT. WE NEVER CLOSE!!!
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 10:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-300515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME AND DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1113 PM EDT (1013 PM CDT) FRI OCT 29 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD...UNTIL 5 AM EDT. A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS EVENING HAS ALLOWED WARM AND MOIST AIR TO RETURN OVER THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF WARM MOIST AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE OVERNIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...TRIGGERING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER OVERNIGHT. LISTEN TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OVERNIGHT. WE NEVER CLOSE!!!
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1240 AM EDT (1140 PM CDT) SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES...TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT 1235 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE JEFFERSON-THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA LINE NORTH OF MONTICELLO...TO THE WEST ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GADSDEN COUNTY. THE LINE CONTINUED TO 15 MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY IN GADSDEN COUNTY FLORIDA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL OFF TO THE WEST OVER THE PANHANDLE...APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1240 AM EDT (1140 PM CDT) SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL 5AM EDT (4AM CDT) FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM THOMAS COUNTY WESTWARD...AND FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WESTWARD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES...TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT 1235 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE JEFFERSON-THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA LINE NORTH OF MONTICELLO...TO THE WEST ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GADSDEN COUNTY. THE LINE CONTINUED TO 15 MILES NORTH OF PANAMA CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY IN GADSDEN COUNTY FLORIDA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL OFF TO THE WEST OVER THE PANHANDLE...APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 57 min |
| Oct 30, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 37 min |
| Oct 30, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 52 min |
| Oct 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 55 min |
| Oct 30, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 45 min |
| Oct 30, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 46 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.