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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 12, 2001Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2001, 7:37 PM EST for Liberty County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2001, 7:37 PM EST (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 8:15 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2001-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 721 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2001-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTAE 130038
TORTLH
FLC077-129-130115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
737 PM EST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  WESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 815 PM EST...

* AT 725 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRAL CITY...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SMITH CREEK BY 750 PM EST...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME FOR
A REINFORCED SHELTER.V

LAT...LON 3021 8497 3003 8493 3010 8445 3030 8452

.END

18-WOOL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 8:17 PM ESTTornado WarningTAELeon, Wakulla28 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.