Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 6:15 PM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 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, 11.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 681 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 062320 RRA SVRAQQ FLC037-070000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 615 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 615 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTINING...LARGE HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BRODCAST STATION FOR ALL UPDATES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EME8RGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NNNN
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, Jan 6, 5:10 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-070050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 500 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF... FRANKLIN... JACKSON... GADSDEN... CALHOUN... LEON... LIBERTY... AND WAKULLA COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... AND SEMINOLE... DECATUR... GRADY... THOMAS... AND BROOKS COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM CEDAR KEY TO APALACHICOLA... ...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.... A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI WILL DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA LATER THIS EVENING AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN AFTER 800 PM EST (700 PM CST) OVER JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...CONTINUING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... SMALL HAIL... AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ALONG THE GULF COAST...COASTAL FLOODING...HEAVY SURF...AND BEACH EROSION ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT...BETWEEN 400 PM AND 1000 PM EST. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL PRODUCE TIDES ABOUT 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. IN ADDITION... STRONG SURFACE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER LAND AREAS THIS EVENING AND A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FOR THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASHTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:13 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ014-015-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 500 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EST... ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT... ...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GULF COAST WILL BRING STRONG SOUTH WINDS...COASTAL FLOODING...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. WINDS OVER THE OPEN WATERS WILL REACH 35 KNOTS...OR GALE FORCE... TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE COASTAL FLOODING AND HEAVY SURF WHICH COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION. MARINERS ARE URGED TO STAY IN PORT TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO A THREAT AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IN THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. HERE ARE TIMES OF EXPECTED HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING: PLACE TIME (EST) ALLIGATOR POINT 520 PM CARRABELLE 655 PM APALACHICOLA 820 PM PORT ST JOE 1049 PM A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 12 AND 24 HOURS FROM NOW. RESIDENTS SHOULD START PREPARING NOW FOR FOR LOWLAND FLOODING NEAR THE COAST AND FOR THE HIGH WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:17 PM EST, 58 minutes before
FLZ011-062320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...INTENSE STORM APPROACHING JACKSON COUNTY... A PERSISTENT INTENSE STORM WILL MOVE INTO JACKbSON COUNTY FLORIDA BY 430 PM CST. THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN COTTONDALE AND MARIANNA. THE STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL OVER PARTS OF BAY COUNTY EARLIER. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:18 PM EST, 57 minutes before
FLZ011-062320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...INTENSE STORM APPROACHING JACKSON COUNTY... A PERSISTENT INTENSE STORM WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA BY 430 PM CST. THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN COTTONDALE AND MARIANNA. THE STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL OVER PARTS OF BAY COUNTY EARLIER. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:26 PM EST, 49 minutes before
FLZ014-015-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 526 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 526 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COASTAL GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 600 PM EST. WHILE A THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURING SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOLUD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:49 PM EST, 26 minutes before
FLZ014-015-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 526 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 526 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COASTAL GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 600 PM EST. WHILE A THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURING SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOLUD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
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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.