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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1995, 6:48 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1995, 6:48 AM CST (12:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1995, 7:15 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPNS 281245 RRA
SVRPNS
FLC033-113-281345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
648 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 640 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
FLORIDA NEAR BAY SPRINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS
THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL EFFECT
MOLINO...CANTONMENT AND POSSIBLY THE MILTON AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS SO TAKE
THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
 
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 28, 12:50 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
FLZ014-015-281500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
150 AM EST TUE MAR 28 1995

...DENSE FOG FORMING OVER GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

DENSE FOG HAS REDUCED VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING OVER PARTS
OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.  THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS WARM HUMID AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW
OFF THE GULF IN ADVANCE OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.  ONCE THE FRONT
PASSES LATE THIS MORNING CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE.

DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS.  BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AROUND SCHOOL BUS STOPS WHERE CHILDREN
MAY BE PRESENT.  MARINERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VISIBILITIES
APPROACHING ZERO OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESanta Rosa57 min
Mar 28, 7:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEOkaloosa37 min
Mar 28, 11:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia98 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.