Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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
- Jul 3, 2012, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Bloxham, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR BLUE CREEK RD. EAST OF HOSFORD CAUSING A POWER OUTAGE IN THE AREA. |
| Jul 3, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Clio, FL | TREE DOWN ON A POWERLINE LEANING AGAINST A HOME ALONG NORTHEAST DEWBER RD. |
| Jul 3, 4:38 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Telogia, FL | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR TELOGIA. |
| Jul 3, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hosford, FL | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR HOSFORD. |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hosford, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR ROBERTS RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WUUS52 KTAE 032027 SVRTAE FLC039-073-077-129-032115- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0237.120703T2027Z-120703T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 427 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHWESTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TELOGIA... AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOXHAM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3042 8454 3019 8463 3031 8499 3049 8494 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 287DEG 10KT 3035 8480 $$ 42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
346
WWUS52 KTAE 032054
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
454 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
FLC039-032105-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-120703T2115Z/
GADSDEN FL-
454 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GADSDEN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3028 8490 3040 8487 3041 8468 3039 8468
3039 8465 3042 8461 3042 8454 3019 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 287DEG 10KT 3027 8473
$$
FLC073-077-129-032115-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-120703T2115Z/
LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-WAKULLA FL-
454 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA...CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEON
COUNTIES...
AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLIO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOXHAM
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 3028 8490 3040 8487 3041 8468 3039 8468
3039 8465 3042 8461 3042 8454 3019 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 287DEG 10KT 3027 8473
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.