Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1994, 12:20 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1994, 12:20 AM CST (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1994, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KPNS 280619 SVRMOB FLC033-280715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1220 AM CST FRI JAN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORTHERN PERDIDO BAY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jan 27, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RE-TRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-FLZ011-013-280615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RE-TRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1120 PM EST (1020 PM CST) THU JAN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST. WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND HUMID AIR AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. CONSEQUENTLY...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR SEMINOLE... DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. AT 1110 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TROY ALABAMA TO THE PENSACOLA AREA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BY 1 OR 2 AM. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 12:19 AM CST, 1 minute before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011-013-280715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 119 AM EST (1219 AM CST) FRI JAN 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF JACKSON COUNTY. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...ESPECIALLY JACKSON COUNTY...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...WE NEVER CLOSE!
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 12:19 AM CST, 1 minute before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011-013-280715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 119 AM EST (1219 AM CST) FRI JAN 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR SEMINOLE...DECATUR... AND GRADY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 110 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR FORT WALTON BEACH...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING SEMINOLE...DECATUR...AND GRADY COUNTIES. AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSES SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF JACKSON COUNTY. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...ESPECIALLY JACKSON COUNTY...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REMEMBER...WE NEVER CLOSE!
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.