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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT for Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 19 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 29, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2012, 6:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:43 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Crawfordville, FL | COUNTY DISPATCHER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE |
| Jul 29, 6:43 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 N Crawfordville, FL | LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE, JUST OFF WHIDDON LAKE ROAD |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 2352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WFUS52 KTAE 292240 TORTAE FLC129-292315- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0047.120729T2240Z-120729T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 640 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 638 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CRAWFORDVILLE...OR NEAR ARRAN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAKULLA SPRINGS AND SHADEVILLE. 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 3022 8426 3012 8435 3024 8444 3027 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 316DEG 6KT 3023 8439 $$ 25-CAMP
1 follow-up statement
141 WWUS52 KTAE 292259 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 659 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 FLC129-292308- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120729T2315Z/ WAKULLA FL- 659 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAKULLA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3022 8426 3012 8435 3024 8444 3027 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 316DEG 6KT 3021 8437 $$ 25-CAMP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 39 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.