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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 16, 1994Taylor County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1994, 3:43 PM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1994, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 330 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
330 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 16, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
143 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES OF NORTH
FLORIDA UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FOR MADISON...
TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA...AND FOR THOMAS AND BROOKS
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA...

AT 130 PM EDT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED EAST OF COLUMBUS
GEORGIA AND CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST. THE EFFECTS OF THE
DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...PANHANDLE...AND
COASTAL WATERS...AS WELL AS SOUTH GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON.

STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME COASTAL FLOODING ALONG
THE BIG BEND COAST. TIDES ALONG THE COAST OF TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES
WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

TORNADOES ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING IN THESE TROPICAL CONDITIONS.

OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS
FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR DIXIE COUNTY
WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE ARE REMINDED THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE VERY HAZARDOUS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER ON ROADWAYS.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTEROON.  THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HIGHER
WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DIXIE COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:43 PM EDT, 2 hours before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
143 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994

...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEON AND WAKULLA COUNTIES OF NORTH
FLORIDA UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT FOR MADISON...
TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN NORTH FLORIDA...AND FOR THOMAS AND BROOKS
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA...

AT 130 PM EDT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED EAST OF COLUMBUS
GEORGIA AND CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST. THE EFFECTS OF THE
DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...PANHANDLE...AND
COASTAL WATERS...AS WELL AS SOUTH GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS
AFTERNOON.

STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME COASTAL FLOODING ALONG
THE BIG BEND COAST. TIDES ALONG THE COAST OF TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES
WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE NORMAL BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING.

TORNADOES ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE READY
TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING IN THESE TROPICAL CONDITIONS.

OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS
FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR DIXIE COUNTY
WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE ARE REMINDED THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE VERY HAZARDOUS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER ON ROADWAYS.

IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTEROON.  THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HIGHER
WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DIXIE COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun52 min
Aug 15, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson51 min
Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEJefferson, Taylor, Wakulla6 hr
Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon6 hr
Aug 16, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningTAEFranklin32 min
Aug 16, 6:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTAEBrooks, Thomas3 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.