Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT for Taylor County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 25, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673
WFUS52 KTAE 250821
TORTAE
FLC123-250845-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0046.120625T0821Z-120625T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
421 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT
* AT 419 AM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR STEINHATCHEE...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOWELL PLACE AND SALEM.
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 2971 8351 2989 8353 2990 8337 2989 8335
2969 8336 2966 8337 2968 8340 2965 8343
2965 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 181DEG 20KT 2970 8345
$$
42-DVD1 follow-up statement
026
WWUS52 KTAE 250838
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
438 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
FLC123-250848-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120625T0845Z/
TAYLOR FL-
438 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 AM EDT...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2971 8351 2989 8353 2990 8337 2989 8335
2969 8336 2966 8337 2968 8340 2965 8343
2965 8345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 181DEG 20KT 2978 8345
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 9 days |
| Jun 25, 11:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty, Wakulla | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 6 hr |
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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.