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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 8:34 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 1997, 8:34 PM CST (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 1997, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walton County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | De Funiak Spgs, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 250234 RRA SVRTLH FLC131-250315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 934 PM EST (834 PM CST) FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EST (915 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...WALTON COUNTY AT 833 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN WALTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MOSSY HEAD. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS DE FUNIAK SPRINGS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITDH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 24, 7:55 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 7:55 PM CST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 840 PM EST FRI JAN 24 1997 88-D LIGHTING UP AS STRONG STORMS MOVE TOWARDS CWA FROM WESTERN FL PANHANDLE. TLH 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS FAVORABLE zWINDS AND LI OF -4 FOR CONVCN. LIKELY POPS TONITE WELL JUSTIFIED. #13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 53 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.