Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 5:39 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Miccosukee, FL | TREE DOWN PARTIALLY BLOCKING ROAD NEAR 11427 MOCCASIN GAP ROAD. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.
370
WUUS52 KTAE 032139
SVRTAE
FLC039-073-032215-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0239.120703T2139Z-120703T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
539 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 535 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORCHARD POND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FOREST MEADOWS PARK...MACLAY STATE GARDENS...CONCORD...LAKE
IAMONIA...MICCOSUKEE...KILLEARN LAKES...IAMONIA...MOCCASIN GAP...
PISGAH CHURCH AND BRADFORDVILLE
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 3050 8435 3061 8442 3069 8431 3067 8401
3056 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 246DEG 5KT 3058 8431
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
960
WWUS52 KTAE 032208
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
FLC039-073-032219-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-120703T2215Z/
LEON FL-GADSDEN FL-
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN AND
NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3050 8435 3061 8442 3069 8431 3067 8401
3056 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 246DEG 5KT 3060 8427
$$
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, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.