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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:40 PM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 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, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:58 PM CST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

289 
WFUS52 KTAE 022340
TORTAE
ALC031-045-030015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0012.120302T2340Z-120303T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 536 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 12 MILES
  WEST OF OZARK...OR NEAR CAMP ALAFLO BSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GREATER SALEM CHURCH...HOOPER STAGE FIELD...PLEASANT HILL...DEAN
  CHURCH ROAD...DILLARD...MARLEY HILL...BLACKWELL FIELD A/P...
  BARNES...DILL...DALE COUNTY LAKE AND EWELL.

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 3159 8561 3140 8556 3137 8588 3148 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 245DEG 26KT 3143 8582

$$

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1 follow-up statement
097 
WWUS52 KTAE 022358
SVSTAE

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

ALC031-045-030008-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120303T0015Z/
COFFEE AL-DALE AL-
558 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DALE AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3159 8561 3140 8556 3137 8588 3148 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 245DEG 26KT 3148 8569

$$

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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, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva28 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.