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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 11, 2012Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2012, 6:38 AM EST for Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2012, 6:38 AM EST (11:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 7:02 AM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2012-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

236 
WUUS52 KTAE 111138
SVRTAE
FLC073-129-111215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0002.120111T1138Z-120111T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
638 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST

* AT 634 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDVILLE...OR
  NEAR ARRAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAINT
  MARKS AND WOODVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3022 8462 3035 8436 3037 8421 3008 8418
      3007 8426 3005 8427 3005 8430 3002 8433
      3001 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 237DEG 41KT 3020 8446

$$

42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
595 
WWUS52 KTAE 111202
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
702 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

FLC073-129-111213-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120111T1215Z/
LEON FL-WAKULLA FL-
702 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAKULLA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LEON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3022 8462 3035 8436 3037 8421 3008 8418
      3007 8426 3005 8427 3005 8430 3002 8433
      3001 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 237DEG 41KT 3034 8418

$$

9-FOURNIER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 1:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 11, 2:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton56 min
Jan 11, 2:12 AM ESTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton53 hr
Jan 11, 2:12 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Gulf, Walton25 hr
Jan 11, 2:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington45 min
Jan 11, 6:40 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE25 min
Jan 11, 8:03 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE87 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.