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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT for Franklin County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 31, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 31, 2:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Turkey Point, FL | TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF US 98 AND US 319. COMMUNICATIONS PEDESTAL HEAVILY DAMAGED IN THE SAME AREA. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882
WFUS52 KTAE 311819
TORTAE
FLC037-311845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0034.120331T1819Z-120331T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
219 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 216 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 3 MILES NORTH LANARK VILLAGE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TURKEY POINT...SAINT TERESA AND ALLIGATOR POINT
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 2990 8467 2998 8462 2994 8433 2989 8434
2990 8444 2992 8447 2991 8448 2989 8447
2987 8450 2988 8451 2990 8450 2991 8453
2986 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 291DEG 17KT 2992 8461
$$
38-GODSEY1 follow-up statement
650
WWUS52 KTAE 311833
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
233 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
FLC037-311845-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120331T1845Z/
FRANKLIN FL-
233 PM EDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURKEY POINT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAINT
TERESA AND ALLIGATOR POINT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 8460 2997 8458 2994 8433 2989 8434
2990 8444 2992 8447 2991 8448 2989 8447
2987 8450 2988 8451 2990 8450 2991 8453
2986 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 289DEG 20KT 2992 8449
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Mar 31, 7:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Mar 31, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 89 min | |
| Mar 31, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 33 min | |
| Mar 31, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Mar 31, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 106 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.