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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 10:45 AM CST for Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Miller County, Seminole County, Georgia; Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL, Early County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Malone, FL | TREE DOWN 3 MILES SOUTH OF MALONE IN JACKSON COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 11:11 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Lela, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON GRADY BELL 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WUUS52 KTAE 241645 SVRTAE ALC069-FLC063-GAC099-201-253-241715- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0032.120224T1645Z-120224T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1045 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SEMINOLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1115 AM CST/1215 PM EST/ * AT 1043 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARIANNA MUNICIPAL A/P...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHIPOLA TERRACE...GREENWOOD...GRANGEBURG...MALONE...BASCOM...TWO EGG...LOVEDALE...BUENA VISTA...CROSBY...LUCY...HORNSVILLE... CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...HAYNES...SAFFOLD...STEAM MILL...RIVERTURN... JAKIN...HOWARDS MILL...DESSER...LITTLE HOPE...LELA AND DONALDSONVILLE A/P PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 3120 8501 3088 8478 3077 8537 3087 8541 TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 249DEG 38KT 3088 8524 $$ 9-FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
886 WWUS52 KTAE 241659 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1059 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ALC069-FLC063-GAC099-201-253-241715- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120224T1715Z/ HOUSTON AL-MILLER GA-EARLY GA-JACKSON FL-SEMINOLE GA- 1059 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CST/1215 PM EST/ FOR SEMINOLE...NORTHEASTERN JACKSON...SOUTHWESTERN EARLY...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MILLER AND SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTIES... AT 1055 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BASCOM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CROSBY...LUCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...HORNSVILLE...HAYNES...SAFFOLD... STEAM MILL...RIVERTURN...JAKIN...HOWARDS MILL...DESSER...LITTLE HOPE...LELA AND DONALDSONVILLE A/P PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3089 8530 3120 8501 3088 8478 3080 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 249DEG 38KT 3092 8507 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 11:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 12:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Mitchell, Tift, Worth | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 12:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Worth | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Irwin, Tift | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 2:58 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:48 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 62 hr | |
| Feb 24, 11:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 11:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 105 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 31 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.