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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Clay County, Early County, Georgia; Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 23, 2012, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henry County, AL, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | Kolomoki Mounds Sp, GA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEEING TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
187 WFUS52 KTAE 231912 TORTAE ALC067-GAC037-061-099-231945- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0031.120323T1912Z-120323T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 312 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... NORTHERN EARLY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/ * AT 308 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLAKELY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARLINGTON 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 3162 8482 3143 8465 3136 8501 3145 8509 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 243DEG 23KT 3143 8500 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
769 WWUS52 KTAE 231920 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 320 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC067-231929- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/ HENRY AL- 220 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3162 8482 3143 8465 3138 8498 3145 8505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 243DEG 23KT 3145 8495 $$ GAC037-061-099-231945- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/ CALHOUN GA-EARLY GA-CLAY GA- 320 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHERN EARLY AND WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FERRELL CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EARLY CO A/P...COLOMOKEE...HARRISONS MILL...BLUFFTON...SUTTONS CORNER...TURMAN...PARKSVILLE...COMMISSARY HILL AND ARLINGTON 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 3162 8482 3143 8465 3138 8498 3145 8505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 243DEG 23KT 3145 8495 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
665 WWUS52 KTAE 231931 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 331 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 GAC037-061-099-231945- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120323T1945Z/ CALHOUN GA-EARLY GA-CLAY GA- 331 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY...NORTHEASTERN EARLY AND WESTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 327 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEEING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLOMOKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISONS MILL...BLUFFTON...ARLINGTON...TURMAN...PARKSVILLE AND COMMISSARY HILL PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3140 8488 3149 8496 3162 8482 3143 8465 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 243DEG 23KT 3148 8487 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Quitman | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 18 min |
| Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Seminole | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Mitchell | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Worth | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.