Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 3:48 PM CDT for Holmes County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 112047 SVRPNS FLC059-112115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 348 PM CDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY AT 445 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BONIFAY MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, May 11, 9:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ014-015-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1054 AM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDETSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT/400 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. AT 1050 AM EDT... THE WEATHER RADAR IN APALACHICOLA INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA PANAHNDLE. LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL FURTHER UPDATES OR WARININGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 11, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
FLZ014-111845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 150 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE OVER NORTHERN GULF COUNTY... AT 145 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER BAY COUNTY AND GETTING READY TO ENTER NORTHERN GULF COUNTY. THESE STORMS COULD AFFECT WEWAHITCHKA AROUND 215 PM EDT/115 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDAT0ES. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 11, 1:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ014-015-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 230 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GULF COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5PM EDT/4PM CDT... AT 230 PM EDT/130 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GULF COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINGERING JUST NORTH OF PANAMA CITY AND WILL SOON MOVE INTO NORTHERN GULF COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN CONTINUE TO EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA AND THE BIG BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY AND ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE OF APALACHEE BAY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
FLZ014-015-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 332 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTAL WATERS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5PM EDT/4PM CDT... AT 332 PM EDT...NEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABOUT 5 MILES OFFSHORE FROM CARRABELLE TO ALLIGATOR POINT. THEY POSE A THREAT MOSTLY TO MARINERS. MARINERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS. BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE HARBOR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...AND THE BIG BEND. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS 30 MILES WEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 69 min |
| May 11, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 33 min |
| May 11, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 26 min |
| May 11, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 65 min |
| May 11, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 60 min |
| May 11, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 60 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.