Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 9:57 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 120157 SVRAQQ FLC037-120300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 957 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN APALACHICOLA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 855 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED A COMPLEX OF VERY STRONG THUNERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY FROM THE GULF. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDIFNG BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 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.
Special weather statement, May 11, 9:45 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
FLZ014-015-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 933 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GULF COUNTY UNTIL 1200 MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 CDT... AT 933 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER GULF AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND OTHERS APPROACH FROM THE GULF FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 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 160 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM BEYOND 125 MILES EAST TO 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, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gulf | 62 min |
| May 11, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 57 min |
| May 11, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 37 min |
| May 11, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 35 min |
| May 12, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 32 min |
| May 12, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| May 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 31 min |
| May 12, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 52 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.