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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min. 7 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 17, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 17, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waukeenah, FL | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ON COUNTY ROAD 259. |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waukeenah, FL | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ON CHERRY TREE ROAD CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 27. |
| Jul 17, 3:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Tallahassee, FL | ROOF DAMAGE AT PINEY Z. |
| Jul 17, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Tallahassee, FL | TREE ON HOUSE AT 5504 HAMPTON OAK PLACE. |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Ralford Greenway, FL | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE AT BUCKLAKE ROAD AT PEDRICK ROAD. |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Chaires, FL | A CAR CRASHED INTO A TREE ON BUCKLAKE ROAD AT CHAIRES ROAD. |
| Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Se Tallahassee, FL | DIME SIZE HAIL AT BLAIRSTONE ROAD AND ORANGE AVENUE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810 WUUS52 KTAE 171903 SVRTAE FLC065-073-129-172000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0280.120717T1903Z-120717T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 303 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... SOUTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 257 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 WAUKEENAH...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOMAS CITY...CAPITOLA...WACISSA...WACISSA SPRINGS...CHAIRES... LIMESTONE...CHAIRES CROSSROADS...CODY...SOUTHWOOD...NATURAL BRIDGE AND FANLEW 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. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3019 8409 3041 8427 3058 8397 3039 8385 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 044DEG 9KT 3040 8398 $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jul 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jul 17, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jul 17, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Jul 17, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 17, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Jul 17, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Jul 17, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 74 min | |
| Jul 17, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jul 17, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 68 min | |
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 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.