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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 12:49 PM CDT for Geneva County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama; Early County, Georgia. 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 23, 2012, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 1:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Early County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 758 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
462 WFUS52 KTAE 231749 TORTAE ALC061-067-069-GAC099-231830- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0030.120323T1749Z-120323T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1249 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT/230 PM EDT/ * AT 1244 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR SLOCOMB...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TAYLOR...DOTHAN...COWARTS...WEBB...ASHFORD AND COLUMBIA 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 3140 8507 3112 8503 3108 8559 3118 8564 TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 252DEG 33KT 3116 8552 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
423 WWUS52 KTAE 231801 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 201 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC067-GAC099-231811- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120323T1830Z/ EARLY GA-HENRY AL- 201 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHWESTERN EARLY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3124 8525 3116 8549 3122 8553 3131 8531 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 238DEG 26KT 3121 8544 $$ ALC061-069-231830- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120323T1830Z/ GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL- 101 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES... AT 1258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PETERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOTHAN...SMYRNA AND WEBB 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 3124 8525 3116 8549 3122 8553 3131 8531 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 238DEG 26KT 3121 8544 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
498 WWUS52 KTAE 231807 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 107 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC061-069-231817- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120323T1830Z/ GENEVA AL-HOUSTON AL- 107 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GENEVA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3124 8525 3116 8549 3122 8553 3131 8531 TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 238DEG 26KT 3123 8540 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 52 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.