Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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, 11.0 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
- 2421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 112302 SVRTLH FLC063-120000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 700 PM EDT (600 PM CDT) THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF GRACEVILLE...IN NORTHWEST JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN AND AROUND GRACEVILLE BY 615 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER... LARGE HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
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, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 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, 4 hours 20 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, 3 hours 20 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, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 27 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.