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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 14, 2012Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 7:43 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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 14, 2012, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2012, 8:02 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 7:44 PM EDTHAIL 1Sw Chaires Crossroads, FLNICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MI WEST OF APPALACHEE PARKWAY AND CHAIRES CROSSROADS INTERSECTION.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2012-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 548 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 2012-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

908 
WUUS52 KTAE 142343
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-150015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0072.120314T2343Z-120315T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
743 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  EASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CODY
  AND NATURAL BRIDGE

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 3027 8408 3027 8424 3028 8424 3046 8418
      3045 8404 3026 8406 3026 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 011DEG 8KT 3039 8415

$$

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1 follow-up statement
183 
WWUS52 KTAE 150002
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
802 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2012

FLC065-073-150012-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120315T0015Z/
LEON FL-JEFFERSON FL-
802 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND
CENTRAL LEON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 3027 8408 3027 8424 3028 8424 3046 8418
      3045 8404 3026 8406 3026 8408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 011DEG 8KT 3040 8416

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 3:39 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more6 hr
Mar 14, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun32 min
Mar 14, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon60 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.