Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 6:33 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -103 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 KPNS 080030 RRA SVRPNS FLC033-080130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 633 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 630 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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.
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, Mar 7, 3:16 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-080320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 416 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND... AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES. AS A RESULT... SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD EXIST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF CALHOUN AND JACKSON FROM 900 PM CST TO 300 AM CST...AND OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM 100 AM EST TO 700 AM EST. RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 3:17 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-080320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 416 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND... AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES. AS A RESULT... SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WOULD EXIST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF CALHOUN AND JACKSON FROM 900 PM CST TO 300 AM CST...AND OVER THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM 100 AM EST TO 700 AM EST. RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:29 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-080320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 530 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND... AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... AT THIS TIME...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN UNTIL 10 PM CST...AND THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF GADSDEN AND LIBERTY UNTIL 11 PM EST A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES. AS A RESULT... SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:30 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-080320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 530 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND... AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... AT THIS TIME...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN UNTIL 10 PM CST...AND THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF GADSDEN AND LIBERTY UNTIL 11 PM EST A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS OUR REGION...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES. AS A RESULT... SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BIG BEND...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 4:52 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
FLZ014-015-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 552 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST/1100 PM EST... THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 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.