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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 30, 2012Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2012, 3:42 PM CDT for Bay County, Florida. 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 30, 2012, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 3:56 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Wsw Vicksburg, FL	NUMEROUS PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF THE BAY. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AND IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT IT EVER TOUCHED DOWN.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

889 
WFUS52 KTAE 302042
TORTAE
FLC005-302115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0032.120330T2042Z-120330T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
342 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BAY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICKSBURG...OR NEAR
  WEST BAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SOUTHPORT AND RECOTA BEACH

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 3042 8559 3029 8558 3025 8568 3025 8569
      3022 8572 3025 8573 3029 8577 3028 8578
      3028 8581 3032 8583
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 251DEG 17KT 3028 8577

$$

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2 follow-up statements

438 
WWUS52 KTAE 302059
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
359 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

FLC005-302115-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120330T2115Z/
BAY FL-
359 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BAY COUNTY...

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VICKSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOUTHPORT AND RECOTA BEACH

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

&&

LAT...LON 3033 8579 3042 8559 3029 8558 3025 8568
      3025 8569 3022 8572 3025 8573 3029 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 251DEG 17KT 3032 8572

$$

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196 
WWUS52 KTAE 302109
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
409 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

FLC005-302119-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120330T2115Z/
BAY FL-
409 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM
CDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3033 8579 3042 8559 3029 8558 3025 8568
      3025 8569 3022 8572 3025 8573 3029 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 251DEG 17KT 3030 8569

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 2:41 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more	5 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.