Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KMOB 120847 RRA SVRMOB FLC091-120930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 346 AM CDT WED APR 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...OKALOOSA COUNTY AT 345 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ONSHORE OVER SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFFECTING THE AREAS OF FT WALTON...OCEAN CITY ...DESTIN AND VARPARAISO FOR THE NEXT HOUR. WILL EXTEND WARNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 11, 10:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE COVERAGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR. MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AL LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 10:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1030 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF JUST SOUTH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1030 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA. THE COVERAGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR. MUCH OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AL LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF BEGINNING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST PF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFFSHORE FOR 100 MILES. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 11:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1130 PM CDT TUE APR 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF BEGINNING 30 MILES SOUTHWEST PF PANAMA CITY AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO MOBILE BAY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OFFSHORE FOR 100 MILES. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED OVER THE LAST HOUR WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 12:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CDT WED APR 12 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1230 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF MAINLY BETWEEN 30 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA COASTLINE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA IN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT MODERATE SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 12:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ007-008-009-010-012-120630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1230 AM CDT WED APR 12 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 1230 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OFFSHORE OVER THE GULF MAINLY BETWEEN 30 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF THE FLORIDA COASTLINE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST FLORIDA IN ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA CAN EXPECT MODERATE SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.