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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 4:59 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Marianna Municipal A/P, FL | FUNNEL SPOTTED NEAR THE MARIANNA AIRPORT. |
| Aug 29, 5:12 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Ssw Greenwood, FL | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED JUST SOUTH OF GREENWOOD MOVING NORTH ALONG HWY 71. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WFUS52 KTAE 292159 TORTAE FLC063-292230- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0048.120829T2159Z-120829T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 459 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR CHIPOLA TERRACE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWOOD...TWO EGG...MALONE AND BASCOM 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 3100 8524 3100 8501 3079 8510 3081 8524 TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 196DEG 11KT 3084 8517 $$ 42-DVD
1 follow-up statement
123 WWUS52 KTAE 292215 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 515 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 FLC063-292230- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120829T2230Z/ JACKSON FL- 515 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY... AT 514 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GREENWOOD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MALONE AND BASCOM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3100 8524 3100 8501 3085 8511 3087 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 194DEG 11KT 3089 8516 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:13 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 48 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:13 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 48 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 36 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.