Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 092005 COR SVRMOB FLC091-092045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 301 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 255 PM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF CANNON TOWN. THIS STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE CAMPTON AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. ...REMOVE TORNADO WORDING
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, May 9, 9:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-091530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 930 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM CDT... AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA THROUGH CRESTVIEW AND CONTINUED SOUTHWESTWARD TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA OVER MOBILE BAY JUST TO THE EAST OF MOBILE. MOVEMEN T WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-091630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INCLUDING WALTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM CDT... AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMAAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACTIVITY BEGAN JUST TO THE EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ENDED NEAR GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA IN CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-091730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WALTON COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACTIVITY BEGAN JUST TO THE EAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ENDED NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA IN CENTRAL BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, May 9, 11:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1122 AM CDT TUE MAY 5, 1995
TIME EVENT
1105 AM A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED TO TOUCH DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF MCRARY AND STONE ROADS. NO DAMAGE
AT THAT LOCATION. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
1108 AM UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF LOTT AND COLMAN DAIRY ROADS. TIME APPROXIMATE
THESE LOCATIONS ARE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MOBILE
AIRPORT.Local storm report, May 9, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
118 PM CDT TUE MAY 5, 1995
TIME EVENT
1250 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY 2 PERSONS TO THE
CENTURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FUNNEL CLOUD
WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CENTURY AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST. TIME APPROXIMATE.
1250 PM FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY ESCAMBIA EOC IN FLORIDA AT
A TOWER SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 99A AND 97.
FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCATION WAS SANDBAGGING.
TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
100 PM FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT EARNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL
IN WALNUT HILL BY ESCAMBIA EMA IN FLORIDA. FIRE
DEPARTMENT AT THE LOCATION WAS SANDBAGGING. TIME IS
APPROXIMATE.Special weather statement, May 9, 2:32 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 230 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAY...WASHINGTON...WALTON AND HOLMES COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 7PM CDT... AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PENSACOLA INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACTIVITY BEGAN JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ENDED NEAR NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SANTA ROLSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA AND JUST OFFSHORE SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| May 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 59 min |
| May 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 59 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.