Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 8:13 PM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gulf County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 14.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAQQ 120113 SVRAQQ FLC045-120215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 913 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...GULF COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 810 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN GULF COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD WEWAHITCHKA. THE STORM WILL BE IN THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. 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. NNNN
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, 2:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 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.
Special weather statement, May 11, 7:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
FLZ014-015-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 825 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 1200 MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 CDT... AT 825 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER GULF AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS POSE THE THREAT OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. THEY ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER NORTH FLORIDA...THE PANHANDLE...THE BIG BEND...AND THE GULF. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 185B MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM BEYOND 125 MILES EAST TO BEYOND 125 MILES WEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 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, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 63 min |
| May 11, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 57 min |
| May 11, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 37 min |
| May 11, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 35 min |
| May 11, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 32 min |
| May 12, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| May 12, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 31 min |
| May 12, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 52 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.