Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 9:59 AM EST for Coffee County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 9:59 AM EST (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Broxton, GA | EMA REPORTED STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO A BUILDING WITH ROOF REMOVED. |
| Mar 3, 10:06 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | West Green, GA | EMA REPORTED POWERLINES DOWN IN WEST GREEN. |
| Mar 3, 10:15 AM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 N West Green, GA | POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD HWY221 3 MILE NORTH OF WEST GREEN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 7:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KJAX 031459
TORJAX
GAC069-031530-
/O.NEW.KJAX.TO.W.0007.120303T1459Z-120303T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
959 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST
* AT 959 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BROXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
GREEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 8285 3167 8269 3156 8269 3157 8293
3164 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 246DEG 41KT 3163 8284
$$
ZIBURA1 follow-up statement
558
WWUS52 KJAX 031525
SVSJAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1025 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC069-031535-
/O.EXP.KJAX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120303T1530Z/
COFFEE GA-
1025 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST AND ROTATION HAS WEAKENED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3167 8285 3167 8269 3156 8269 3157 8293
3164 8291
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 246DEG 41KT 3175 8252
$$
ZIBURAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:19 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:06 AM EST | Flood Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 10:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Jeff Davis | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 10:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Atkinson | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 11:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Bacon | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 12:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Wayne | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 21 min |
| Mar 3, 1:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 1:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 2:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 2:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 116 min |
| Mar 3, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 1 more | 119 min |
| Mar 3, 4:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.