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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Geneva County, Alabama. 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Marley Hill, AL | TREE AND FENCE DAMAGE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971
WFUS52 KTAE 101742
TORTAE
ALC031-045-061-101830-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0043.120610T1742Z-120610T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1242 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1238 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 10 MILES SOUTH OF LEVEL PLAINS...OR NEAR
BELLWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DALEVILLE AND FORT RUCKER
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 3148 8577 3143 8557 3127 8565 3123 8569
3121 8569 3120 8570 3119 8570 3111 8574
3115 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 200DEG 25KT 3119 8578
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
804
WWUS52 KTAE 101754
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
154 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC031-061-101804-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120610T1830Z/
COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL-
1254 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA AND SOUTHEASTERN
COFFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3143 8557 3138 8559 3123 8569 3121 8569
3120 8571 3120 8579 3141 8579 3148 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 200DEG 25KT 3126 8574
$$
ALC045-101830-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120610T1830Z/
DALE AL-
1254 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY...
AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAYHATCHEE...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAIRNS
AAF...LEVEL PLAINS...DALEVILLE...GERALD...KNOX FIELD...KELLY...LOWE
ARMY HELIPORT...FORT RUCKER...HANCHEY FIELD...HUNT FIELD...HOOPER
STAGE FIELD...KLONDYKE HILL...DEAN CHURCH ROAD...PLEASANT HILL AND
BLACKWELL FIELD A/P
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8557 3138 8559 3123 8569 3121 8569
3120 8571 3120 8579 3141 8579 3148 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 200DEG 25KT 3126 8574
$$
42-DVD731
WWUS52 KTAE 101815
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC045-101825-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120610T1830Z/
DALE AL-
115 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS DECREASED FOR THE TIME
BEING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM
CDT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3143 8557 3138 8559 3123 8569 3121 8569
3120 8571 3120 8579 3141 8579 3148 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 200DEG 25KT 3136 8571
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Houston | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 53 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.