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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 14, 2012Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2012, 8:54 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 14, 2012, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 8:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nne Killearn Lakes, FLTREE DOWN ON DEER LAKE ROAD.
Mar 14, 9:02 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Pisgah Church, FLUTILITY LINE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAMS LANE AND BRADFORDVILLE 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 00:00Z, 0.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 714 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
714 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

991 
WUUS52 KTAE 150054
SVRTAE
FLC065-073-150130-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0074.120315T0054Z-120315T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
854 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...
  EAST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR PISGAH CHURCH...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KILLEARN ESTATES...BAUM...FALLSCHASE...TOM BROWN PARK...CAPITOLA...
  RALFORD GREENWAY...CHAIRES...APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK AND CHAIRES
  CROSSROADS

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 3042 8402 3041 8421 3064 8423 3064 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 356DEG 11KT 3054 8414

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon32 min
Mar 14, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon33 min
Mar 14, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon32 min
Mar 14, 9:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon62 min
Mar 14, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon26 min
Mar 15, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf34 min
Mar 15, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf, Liberty34 min
Mar 15, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf31 min
Mar 15, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay51 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.