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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2012, 9:23 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- May 13, 2012, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 9:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WFUS52 KTAE 131423 TORTAE FLC131-131515- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0037.120513T1423Z-120513T1515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 923 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 1015 AM CDT * AT 920 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR FREEPORT...OR NEAR BUNKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 3054 8613 3048 8597 3042 8610 3044 8616 TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 215DEG 6KT 3044 8612 $$ 17-GOULD
2 follow-up statements
605 WWUS52 KTAE 131444 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 944 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 FLC131-131515- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120513T1515Z/ WALTON FL- 944 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY... AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF FREEPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3054 8613 3048 8597 3042 8610 3044 8616 TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 180DEG 6KT 3047 8610 $$ 17-GOULD
987 WWUS52 KTAE 131455 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 955 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 FLC131-131503- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120513T1515Z/ WALTON FL- 955 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM TO THE SOUTH OF FREEPORT WHICH APPEARED TO BE TORNADIC IN NATURE HAS WEAKENED...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3054 8613 3048 8597 3042 8610 3044 8616 TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 215DEG 6KT 3048 8609 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 31 min |
| May 13, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| May 13, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| May 13, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| May 13, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 28 min | |
| May 13, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| May 13, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| May 13, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| May 13, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| May 13, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| May 13, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 30 min | |
| May 13, 10:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 6 min |
| May 13, 10:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 12 min |
| May 13, 10:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 14 min |
| May 13, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 55 min |
| May 13, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 58 min |
| May 13, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| May 13, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 52 min |
| May 13, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| May 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 40 min |
| May 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 116 min |
| May 13, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 52 min |
| May 13, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 31 min |
| May 13, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.