Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado 0 | Niceville, FL | An off duty police officer reported a tornado briefly touched down just east of Niceville. No damage was found where the tornado touched down. The length and width of the tornado were estimated. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 231630 SVRMOB FLC091-231730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 1130 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT DORCAS...AUBURN AND EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCAS^IONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 23, 7:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 741 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 725 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA FROM 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF BEATRICE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBILE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO THE COAST. MODERATE RAIN COVERED SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHT0NING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 830 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 825 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BEGAN NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOBILE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE. MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 9:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 925 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BEGAN NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH LOXLEY ALABAMA CUNTINUING TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA. THE dSTRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:31 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 1025 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 0VER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY 10 MILES EAST OF MILTON WHILE STRONG THUNDErRSTORMS WERE OVER THE NOTHERN WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:41 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-231630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 AM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 1025 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 0VER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY 10 MILES NORTH- WEST OF MILTON WHILE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NOTHERN WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.