Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1995, 1:44 PM CST for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1995, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1995, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTLH 161946 RRA SVRTLH FLC063-162030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 244 PM EST (144 PM CST) THU MAR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST (230 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 140 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF ALFORD ALONG HIGHWAY 167. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
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 16, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1257 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST (5 PM CST)... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS SYSTEM IS HELPING TO DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND FOR THE COUNTIES OF GADSDEN ...LIBERTY...LEON...WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THIS ALSO INCLUDES APALACHEE BAY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE SHORT TERM FORECASTS HOURLY. THESE FORECASTS WILL GIVE DETAILS OF EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE SHORT TERM FORECAST IS TRANSMITTED UNDER THE IDENTIFIER OF MIANOWTLH AND FOUS/WMO IDENTIFIER OF FXUS21 KTLH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECAST OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 11:58 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1257 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST (5 PM CST)... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GULF COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS SYSTEM IS HELPING TO DESTABLIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND FOR THE COUNTIES OF GADSDEN ...LIBERTY...LEON...WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THIS ALSO INCLUDES APALACHEE BAY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WILL CONTINUE TO ISSUE SHORT TERM FORECASTS HOURLY. THESE FORECASTS WILL GIVE DETAILS OF EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE SHORT TERM FORECAST IS TRANSMITTED UNDER THE IDENTIFIER OF MIANOWTLH AND FOUS/WMO IDENTIFIER OF FXUS21 KTLH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECAST OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:01 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
FLZ014-015-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 101 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EST/500 PM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FT WALTON FLORIDA AND SOUTHWARDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BRAODCAST STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:02 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
FLZ014-015-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 101 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EST/500 PM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FT WALTON FLORIDA AND SOUTHWARDS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BRAODCAST STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 1:23 PM CST, 21 minutes before
FLZ014-015-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 223 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EST/500 PM CST... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE COUNTIES UNTIL THE END OF THE WATCH PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE NOT SEVERE NOW...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THEM TO BECOME SEVERE OR FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BRAODCAST STATION 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 16, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 118 min |
| Mar 16, 9:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 115 min |
| Mar 16, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 35 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.