Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1994, 6:19 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1994, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1994, 6:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 012319 TORPNS FLC113-020015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 619 PM CDT WED JUN 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE SPRING HILL AREA...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MILTON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING WEST. DPERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD TAKE COVER.
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, Jun 1, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ013-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 425 PM EDT (325 PM CDT) WED JUN 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTHA IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 420 PM EDT (320 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTHA MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR THE COUNTY LINE MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ013-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 425 PM EDT (325 PM CDT) WED JUN 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTHA IN NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY... AT 420 PM EDT (320 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF ALTHA MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR THE COUNTY LINE MAY ENCOUNTER STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia | 68 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.