Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 3:20 PM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 6 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, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Tallahassee Coml, FL | TREE DOWN BLOCKING OLD BAINBRIDGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BRYANT STREET AND OLD BAINBRIDGE. ALSO PEA SIZED HAIL IN THE AREA. |
| Apr 3, 3:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Tallahassee Coml A, FL | TREE DOWN BLOCKING OLD BAINBRIDGE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JACKSON COVE ROAD AND OLD BAINBRIDGE. |
| Apr 3, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Tallahassee Coml A, FL | TREE DOWN AT OLD BAINBRIDGE AND VALLEY FARM ROAD. |
| Apr 3, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Orchard Pond, FL | TREE ON A POWERLINE ON OLD BAINBRIDGE ROAD IN GADSDEN COUNTY NEAR COUNTY BORDER. |
| Apr 3, 3:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Orchard Pond, FL | TREE ON A CAR NEAR INTERSECTION OF NORTH MERIDIAN AND ORCHARD POND ROAD. |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Lake Iamonia, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR MERIDIAN HILLS ROAD AND BUCKHORN DRIVE |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
688 WUUS52 KTAE 031920 SVRTAE FLC039-073-031945- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0084.120403T1920Z-120403T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 320 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 317 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLAHASSEE COML AIRPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORCHARD POND...KILLEARN LAKES...CONCORD AND LAKE IAMONIA 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 3069 8437 3064 8416 3048 8430 3053 8443 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 205DEG 19KT 3057 8434 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
418 WWUS52 KTAE 031931 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 331 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 FLC039-073-031945- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120403T1945Z/ LEON FL-GADSDEN FL- 331 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GADSDEN AND NORTH CENTRAL LEON COUNTIES... AT 326 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORCHARD POND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONCORD AND LAKE IAMONIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3054 8426 3058 8439 3069 8437 3064 8416 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 205DEG 19KT 3062 8431 $$ 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, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla | 28 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.