Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 1995, 12:52 AM EST for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 1995, 12:52 AM EST (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 1995, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAQQ 120552 RRA SVRAQQ FLC037-120800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1252 AM EST SUN FEB 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH OR NEAR FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. ONE WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA...AND THE OTHER WAS 35 MILES EAST OF APALACHICOLA. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, Feb 11, 7:39 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-GAZ155-156-120140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 739 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CST. STORMS WILL ALSO SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF LIBERTY AND GADSDEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 730 AND 8 PM EST. IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF SEMINOLE AND DECATUR COUNTIES BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM EST. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 830 PM EST WILL OCCUR ALONG AN AXIS FROM SOUTH OF MARIANNA AND DELWOOD...IN JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA...TO BAINBRIDGE...IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES THROUGH 830 PM EST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD...ENHANCING WATER DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 8:34 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
FLZ016-017-026-027-GAZ157-158-120235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 834 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF GADSDEN...LIBERTY...LEON... AND WAKULLA COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EST. IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM EST. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 930 PM EST WILL OCCUR ALONG AN AXIS THROUGH BRISTOL AND HOSFORD...IN LIBERTY COUNTY FLORIDA...THROUGH QUINCY AND HAVANA IN GADSDEN COUNTY FLORIDA...TO THOMASVILLE IN THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS TALLAHASSEE BETWEEN 9 AND 915 PM EST. ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 10:30 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ014-120445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE FLOODING.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1030 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995 AT 1030 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GULF COUNTY. THE GULF COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOW LYING FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...TAKE SHELTER IN A LOW SPOT...NEVER UNDER A TREE. NEVER TRY AND CROSS A FLOODED STREET. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 10:37 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
FLZ014-120445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1030 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995 AT 1030 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GULF COUNTY. THE GULF COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...TAKE SHELTER IN A LOW SPOT...NEVER UNDER A TREE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 10:51 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
FLZ014-120445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE FLOODING.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1030 PM EST SAT FEB 11 1995 AT 1030 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GULF COUNTY. THE GULF COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOW LYING FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. T*AKE SHELTER INDOORS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...TAKE SHELTER IN A LOW SPOT...NEVER UNDER A TREE. NEVER TRY AND CROSS A FLOODED STREET. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 65 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.