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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1995, 7:54 AM CST for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1995, 7:54 AM CST (13:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1995, 8:31 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 281352
SVRPNS
FLC091-281500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL
754 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 745 AM CST A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WAS ENTEREING SOUTHERN OKALOOSA
COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH AND THREATEN VALPRISO WITHIN
THE HALF HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.
 
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 WAT ER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia27 min
Mar 28, 11:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEEscambia98 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.