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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:32 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 2, 2012, 5:32 PM CST (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Geneva County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WFUS52 KTAE 022332 TORTAE ALC061-030000- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0011.120302T2332Z-120303T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 532 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN AND CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 527 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 14 MILES WEST OF GENEVA...OR NEAR GASKIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARL...LYTLE...VAUGHANVILLE...SOMERSET...GENEVA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...EUNOLA...THURSTON...HIGHFALLS AND BELLWOOD. 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 3118 8579 3100 8577 3099 8609 3107 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 251DEG 32KT 3102 8605 $$ 08-LAMERS
2 follow-up statements
072 WWUS52 KTAE 022346 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 546 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC061-030000- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ GENEVA AL- 546 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY... AT 545 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LYTLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOMERSET...GENEVA...GENEVA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...EUNOLA... THURSTON...HIGHFALLS AND BELLWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3100 8601 3109 8605 3118 8579 3100 8577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 252DEG 30KT 3106 8593 $$ 08-LAMERS
775 WWUS52 KTAE 022351 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 551 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC061-030000- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ GENEVA AL- 551 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY... AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN OF GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGHFALLS AND BELLWOOD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3102 8594 3111 8596 3118 8579 3103 8577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 252DEG 33KT 3108 8586 $$ 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, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 17 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.