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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 1994, 5:28 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 1994, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAQQ 162128 TORAQQ FLC037-162200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 528 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 515 PM EDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OFF OF ST GEORGE ISLAND. RESIDENTS OF ST GEORGE ISLAND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THIS WATERSPOUT SHOULD MOVE ASHORE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. NNNN
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, Aug 16, 1:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 45 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, 4:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 419 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 400 PM EDT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MACON GEORGIA AND CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND COASTAL WATERS...AS WELL AS SOUTH GEORGIA INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 419 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 400 PM EDT TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ATLANTA AND MACON GEORGIA AND CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...AND COASTAL WATERS...AS WELL AS SOUTH GEORGIA INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:18 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
FLZ019-028-034-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #732 HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR MADISON... TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF AND APALACHEE BAY. THIS AREA OF STORMS EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF ST GEORGE ISLAND...EASTWARD TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY COAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE INTO TAYLOR COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES CAN EX6PECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
FLZ019-028-034-162325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 520 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH #732 HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR MADISON... TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF AND APALACHEE BAY. THIS AREA OF STORMS EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF ST GEORGE ISLAND...EASTWARD TO THE TAYLOR COUNTY COAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE INTO TAYLOR COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 62 min |
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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.