Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 9:46 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 9:46 PM CST (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 080345 RRA SVRPNS FLC033-113-FLZ506-080415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 946 PM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AND FOR BOATERS AND MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS OF ...ESCAMBIA TO SANTA ROSA AT 935 PM CST A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OVER THE ESCAMBIA BAY JUST TO THE EAST OF THE 3 MILES BRIDGE. IT WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST. 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. &
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, 4:52 PM CST, 4 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:40 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
FLZ014-015-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 840 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST/1100 PM EST... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:43 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ014-015-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 840 PM EST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CST/1100 PM EST... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED 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. R(ESIDENTS 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
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 8:58 PM CST, 48 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-GAZ155>157-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 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 3 AM CST...THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF GADSDEN AND LIBERTY UNTIL 4 AM EST...AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE...DECATUR AND GRADY UNTIL 4 AM EST. A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. 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...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:02 PM CST, 44 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-GAZ155>157-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE GRADY COUNTY FROM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 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 3 AM CST...THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF GADSDEN AND LIBERTY UNTIL 4 AM EST...AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE AND DECATUR UNTIL 4 AM EST. A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. 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...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:10 PM CST, 36 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016-026-GAZ155>157-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO EXCLUDE GRADY COUNTY FROM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 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 3 AM CST...THE NORTH FLORIDA COUNTIES OF GADSDEN AND LIBERTY UNTIL 4 AM EST...AND THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE AND DECATUR UNTIL 4 AM EST. A COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT. 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...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia | 57 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.