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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 5:01 PM CSTTORNADO1 W Brooklyn, ALSEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNDAO RECIEVED WEST OF BROOKLYN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

176 
WUUS52 KTAE 022243
SVRTAE
ALC031-022315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0049.120302T2243Z-120302T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
443 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 441 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR NEAR
  BABBIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RHOADES...PERRY STORE...BROOKLYN...ALBERTON...BASIN...INO...NEW    
  HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM AIRPORT...GOODMAN...ASBURY...DAMASCUS AND      
  TURNER CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA AND THIS STORM 
HAS EXHIBITED SOME ROTATION. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY 
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A 
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 8599 3125 8591 3123 8620 3137 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 248DEG 30KT 3126 8628

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee41 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee28 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECovington28 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva28 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale18 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva37 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.