Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Tallahassee, FL | TREE DOWN ON KENDALL DRIVE |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Tallahassee, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR BETTON AND MARION AVE NEAR LAKE WINTHROP PARK |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804 WUUS52 KTAE 031902 SVRTAE FLC039-073-129-031930- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0083.120403T1902Z-120403T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 302 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 259 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLAHASSEE...OR NEAR TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL A/P...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEON COUNTY CIVIC CENTER AND STATE CAPITAL COMPLEX 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 3060 8425 3037 8408 3027 8437 3043 8448 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 240DEG 23KT 3040 8433 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
762 WWUS52 KTAE 031910 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 FLC039-129-031920- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120403T1930Z/ GADSDEN FL-WAKULLA FL- 310 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WAKULLA AND SOUTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3057 8424 3037 8408 3033 8432 3041 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 240DEG 23KT 3043 8428 $$ FLC073-031930- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120403T1930Z/ LEON FL- 310 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY... AT 308 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAGG STADIUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEVY PARK...TALLAHASSEE MALL...INDIAN HEAD ACRES...LAKE ELLA...GOVERNORS SQUARE MALL...WINTHROP PARK...SOUTHWOOD...TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSP...MACON COMMUNITY PARK...TOM BROWN PARK...MACLAY STATE GARDENS...FALLSCHASE...KILLEARN ESTATES...RALFORD GREENWAY AND APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK LAT...LON 3057 8424 3037 8408 3033 8432 3041 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 240DEG 23KT 3043 8428 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
526 WWUS52 KTAE 031922 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 FLC073-031930- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120403T1930Z/ LEON FL- 322 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL LEON COUNTY... AT 317 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOM BROWN PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RALFORD GREENWAY AND APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3039 8424 3049 8430 3057 8424 3041 8411 TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 240DEG 23KT 3047 8420 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 33 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.