Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 634
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 19, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Baldwin County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WWUS9 KMKC 191121 SEL4 MKC WW 191121 FLZ000-GAZ000-ALZ000-200000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 634 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 621 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA PANHANDLE EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 700 AM UNTIL 700 PM CDT. TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 35 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TALAHASSEE FLORIDA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 632. WATCH NUMBER 632 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 700 AM CDT. DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE OF DANNY...WHICH IS NOW LOCATED OVER MOBILE BAY. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 75 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18020. ...VESCIO 314,0875 312,0834 293,0834 294,0875
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile | 12 hr |
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.