Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 1:41 PM CDT for Washington County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 2:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 231840 SVRPNS FLC133-231945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 141 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 140 PM CDT...PENSACOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PASSED THROUGH WALTON COUNTY AND PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR RED BAY WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR LIVE OAK. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR NEW HOPE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. 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. 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, Apr 23, 9:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
FLZ014-015-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1006 AM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 AT AT 845 AM EDT/745 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 925 AM EDT...RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
FLZ014-015-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1200 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT/3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 1128 AM EDT...RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN 85 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE GULF. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 12:52 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
FLZ011-231845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 150 PM EDT (1250 PM CDT) SUN APR 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD JACKSON COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY TO THE NORTH OF BONIFAY WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF JACKSON COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. RESIDENTS OF JACKSON COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY FROM COTTONDALE TO GRACEVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:17 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
FLZ014-015-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 216 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT/3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 204 PM EDT...RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WALTON COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF RED BAY FLORIDA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YO(UR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 55 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.