Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1994, 10:24 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1994, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Aug 15, 7:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 15, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-160325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND THE TALLAHASSE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS LIKELY EXIST ELSWHERE SO FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BED. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT... CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING THE TALLAHASSEE AREA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-160325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1020 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE THE BIG BEND COAST... ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR GADSDEN... LIBERTY...LEON...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AT HAVANA AND BLOXHAM... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THROUGH TONIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE CREATED VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS LEON COUNTY AND THE TALLAHASSE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS LIKELY EXIST ELSWHERE SO FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BED. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OCCASIONALLY NEAR OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL HAVE CAUSED TREES TO FALL ACROSS MANY ROADS. TREES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT... CREATING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING THE TALLAHASSEE AREA AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:01 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ155>159-160405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1102 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...AND THOMAS COUNTIES. THE RAINBANDS WILL MOVE INTO BROOKS COUNTY BY 1130 PM EDT. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTHEST GEORGIA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE RAINFALL FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TREES TO FALL OVERNIGHT. TREES FALLING ACROSS AREA ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APP ROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:02 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ155>159-160405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1102 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA OVERNIGHT... ...CONDITIONS DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...AND THOMAS COUNTIES. THE RAINBANDS WILL MOVE INTO BROOKS COUNTY BY 1130 PM EDT. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTHEST GEORGIA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE RAINFALL FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. IN ADDITION...STRONG SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND COPIOUS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TREES TO FALL OVERNIGHT. TREES FALLING ACROSS AREA ROADS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OFF THE ROADS EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME WORSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH EVEN STRONGER RAINBANDS AND SQUALLS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.