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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2012, 7:18 AM EST for Baker County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2012, 7:18 AM EST (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baker County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
339 WFUS52 KTAE 031218 TORTAE GAC007-201-205-031300- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0017.120303T1218Z-120303T1300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 718 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BAKER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 800 AM EST * AT 715 AM EST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...OR NEAR COOKTOWN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST T 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAMILLA 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 3144 8418 3116 8412 3116 8461 3126 8463 TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 257DEG 32KT 3121 8460 $$ 22-BARRY
1 follow-up statement
682
WWUS52 KTAE 031229
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
729 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GAC201-031239-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T1300Z/
MILLER GA-
729 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3116 8412 3116 8454 3125 8454 3126 8460
3126 8462 3144 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 257DEG 32KT 3123 8448
$$
GAC007-205-031300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120303T1300Z/
MITCHELL GA-BAKER GA-
729 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
BAKER AND NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 725 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIMSVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HAWKINSTOWN...HOPEFUL...NEWTON...MITCHELL CO A/P...CAMILLA AND FLINT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
&&
LAT...LON 3116 8412 3116 8454 3125 8454 3126 8460
3126 8462 3144 8418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 257DEG 32KT 3123 8448
$$
22-BARRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Early | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 10:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dougherty | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 11:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lee | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 12:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 12:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Dougherty | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 3:40 AM EST | Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 8:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early, Miller, Mitchell | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 8:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 9:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 10:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 10:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 11:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 12:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 12:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 12:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Lanier and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lanier, Lowndes | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 4:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 83 min |
| Mar 3, 5:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 16 more | 10 hr |
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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.