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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:53 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Geneva County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nw Hartford, AL | UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO AS PERSON WAS DRIVING ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 52 NEAR HARTFORD. THE LOCATION OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE TO THE NORTH OF THE TOWN LIMITS OF HARTFORD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 2, 6:18 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Sse Bald Hill, AL | REPORTED BY INSTRUCTOR PILOT OUT OF FORT RUCKER. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
784
WFUS52 KTAE 022353
TORTAE
ALC061-030030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0013.120302T2353Z-120303T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
553 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 550 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR GENEVA...OR NEAR GENEVA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARTFORD AND SLOCOMB
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 3120 8572 3120 8556 3105 8553 3102 8591
3114 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 254DEG 32KT 3108 8585
$$
08-LAMERS2 follow-up statements
552
WWUS52 KTAE 030005
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC061-030030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T0030Z/
GENEVA AL-
605 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
GENEVA COUNTY...
AT 604 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDRIX
CROSSROAD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HIGH
BLUFF...HARTFORD...DUNDEE...BALD HILL...SLOCOMB AND BAILEY CROSSROAD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8565 3119 8559 3119 8556 3105 8553
3106 8581 3115 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 254DEG 32KT 3111 8573
$$
08-LAMERS638
WWUS52 KTAE 030015
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
615 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC061-030030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120303T0030Z/
GENEVA AL-
615 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY...
AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNDEE...OR JUST
NORTHEAST OF HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SLOCOMB
AND BAILEY CROSSROAD
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 3116 8571 3120 8566 3119 8564 3119 8559
3118 8556 3110 8555 3109 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 254DEG 31KT 3113 8564
$$
08-LAMERSThe 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, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.