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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 30, 2012Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2012, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

828 
WFUS52 KTAE 302255
TORTAE
ALC031-061-302345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0033.120330T2255Z-120330T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 11 MILES WEST OF KINSTON...OR NEAR GREEN
  BAY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOWERY...RHOADES...PERRY STORE...ALBERTON...HOLLEY STORE...INO...
  PINEY GROVE AND FAIRVIEW

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 3133 8605 3116 8602 3115 8620 3130 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 260DEG 22KT 3120 8633

$$

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1 follow-up statement
747 
WWUS52 KTAE 302320
SVSTAE

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

ALC031-061-302329-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120330T2345Z/
COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL-
620 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GENEVA AND SOUTHWESTERN
COFFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ROTATION HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE STORM NO LONGER APPEARS 
SEVERE. IT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR ANY SIGNS OF 
RESTRENGTHENING.

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 3133 8605 3116 8602 3115 8620 3130 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 258DEG 19KT 3125 8618

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:41 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston5 hr
Mar 30, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDale40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.