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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Geneva County, Alabama

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee41 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee32 min
Mar 2, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee28 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECovington28 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale18 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva37 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.