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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report 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 2, 2012, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 2, 5:36 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E New Brockton, AL	ROOF OFF BUILDING ON HIGHWAY 266.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

682 
WFUS52 KTAE 022313
TORTAE
ALC031-022330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0010.120302T2313Z-120302T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
513 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 509 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR ELBA...OR NEAR NEW HAVEN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. WALL CLOUDS
  OFTEN PRECEDE TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  BROCKTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER STRUCTURES.
MOVE TO A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OUTSIDE WALLS.

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8589 3133 8584 3130 8611 3140 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 247DEG 24KT 3135 8607

$$

08-LAMERS

1 follow-up statement

093 
WWUS52 KTAE 022328
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
528 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALC031-022337-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
COFFEE AL-
528 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530
PM CST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE 
THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH 
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH COFFEE 
INTO DALE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

LAT...LON 3149 8589 3133 8584 3130 8611 3140 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 247DEG 24KT 3139 8596

$$

08-LAMERS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	41 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Coffee	17 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	32 min
Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	28 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Covington	28 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	34 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	28 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	18 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	37 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.