Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1995, 10:03 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1995, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wakulla County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 KTLH 120205 SVRTLH FLC129-120300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1003 PM EDT THU MAY 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH FLORIDA ...WAKULLA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE NORTH FLORIDA COAST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH IN AND AROUND CRAWFORDVILLE BY 1015 PM EDT. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE SEVERE WINDS BETWEEN WAKULLA AND ST MARKS BY 1030 PM EDT. 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, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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, 18 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, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 63 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.