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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1994, 5:07 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1994, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 212208 TORPNS FLC033-113-212245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 507 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 5 PM CDT 8 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OVER ESCAMBIA BAY. BOTH WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH- EAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Apr 21, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 459 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994 ...STRONG STORMS IN WESTERN LIBERTY AND WESTERN LEON COUNTY ARE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM IN WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY SOUTH OF BRISTOL AND A STORM IN LEON COUNTY NEAR BLOXHAM. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. RESIDENTS OF LIBERTY...GADSDEN AND WESTERN LEON COUNTY OF NORTH FLORIDA CAN EXPECT GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE TOWARD SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATREMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 minute before
FLZ019-028-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 608 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR PERSONS IN NORTHERN TAYLOR AND MADISON COUNTIES.. AT 605 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TAYLOR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT 5 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Escambia | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 25 min |
| Apr 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 29 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.