Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2012, 10:04 AM EDT for Lafayette County, Madison County, Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2012, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KTAE 241404
SVRTAE
FLC067-079-123-241430-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0080.120324T1404Z-120324T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1004 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
* AT 1000 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CHANCEY...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAY
AND MAYO JUNCTION
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 3034 8320 3031 8321 3029 8322 3026 8323
3025 8324 3017 8324 3018 8347 3036 8346
3038 8319 3035 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 270DEG 19KT 3027 8335
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
688
WWUS52 KTAE 241416
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1016 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
FLC067-079-123-241430-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120324T1430Z/
LAFAYETTE FL-MADISON FL-TAYLOR FL-
1016 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 1015 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHANCEY...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3034 8320 3031 8321 3029 8322 3026 8323
3025 8324 3017 8324 3018 8343 3036 8342
3038 8319 3035 8319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 270DEG 20KT 3027 8326
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:53 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 11:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Mar 24, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Mar 24, 4:58 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.