Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 2:06 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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
- May 24, 1997, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Alford, 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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 918 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 241905 RRA SVRTLH FLC063-242000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 306 PM EDT (206 PM CDT) SAT MAY 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY AT 203 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN COTTONDALE AND ALFORD MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING COTTONDALE BY 215 PM CDT. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
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 May 24, 1:56 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:56 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 1997 PROGRSV SEA BRZ ACTIVITY PUSHING INTO SRN GA ATTM AS SFC FLO BCMG MORE SOUTHERY THIS AFTN. LIMITED INSOLATION THIS AFTN SO STORMS SLOW TO FIRE UP BUT XPCT DVLPMNT WITHIN NEXT FEW HOURS. IN THE BIG PICTURE... SPLIT FLO REGIME CONTS OVER US WITH WK SFC TROF LINGERING OVER NRN GLFMX ACTING AS FOCUSSING MECHANISM FOR COPIOUS AMTS OF MSTR PROGGED TO CONT TO BE TRANSPORTED UP INTO FA THIS PD IN S FLO. MDLS BRING A VIGOROUS S/WV OUT OF E TX ACRS NRN GLF CST TO OVR FA BY 00Z MON. HWVR ETA INDICATES BEST FORCING AND DEEP MSTR WL OCCUR EARLY IN DAY ON SUN. IN VIEW OF LACK OF SIG LLVL JET AND UPR JET PROGGD FURTHER S THIS RUN... SVR POTENTIAL NOT AS GREAT AS PREVSLY DISCUSSED AND XPCT MOST SIG ACTVTY WL BE LCLLY HVY RAINFALLL. NO SIG CHGS TO CURRENT PKG OR ZONES ANTICIPATED. FWC TEMPS LOOK BALLPARK. #4
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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.