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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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 $$ 42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
747 WWUS52 KTAE 302320 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 620 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ALC031-061-302329- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120330T2345Z/ COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL- 620 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GENEVA AND SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... ROTATION HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE STORM NO LONGER APPEARS SEVERE. IT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR ANY SIGNS OF RESTRENGTHENING. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3133 8605 3116 8602 3115 8620 3130 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 258DEG 19KT 3125 8618 $$ 42-DVD
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 | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 40 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.