Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 3:26 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Leon County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 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 19:26 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, 3:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | S Bradfordville, FL | TREE DOWN ON KINHEGA DRIVE NEAR THOMASVILLE ROAD. |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Concord, FL | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING YARD NEAR MOCCASIN GAP AND MICCOSUKEE ROAD. REPORT RELAYED BY WCTV. |
| Apr 3, 4:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Ese Miccosukee, FL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT 14000 MOCCASIN GAP ROAD IN MICCOSUKEE. |
| Apr 3, 4:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Pisgah Church, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR CENTERVILLE ROAD AND TREASURE OAKS |
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, 7.4 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.
- 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.
969 WUUS52 KTAE 031926 SVRTAE FLC065-073-032000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0085.120403T1926Z-120403T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 326 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 322 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 FALLSCHASE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHAIRES...BRADFORDVILLE...CAPITOLA...PISGAH CHURCH...BAUM... LLOYD...MOCCASIN GAP...CONCORD AND MICCOSUKEE 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 3068 8413 3050 8392 3039 8422 3049 8430 TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 231DEG 24KT 3050 8419 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
280 WWUS52 KTAE 031935 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 335 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 FLC065-073-032000- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120403T2000Z/ LEON FL-JEFFERSON FL- 335 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTIES... AT 334 PM EDT/234 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 235 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LLOYD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CONCORD...BAUM...MICCOSUKEE...KILLEARN ESTATES...MOCCASIN GAP... PISGAH CHURCH AND BRADFORDVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3044 8416 3054 8426 3068 8413 3050 8392 TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 231DEG 24KT 2766 8184 $$ 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, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 25 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.