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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 5:06 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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, 5:12 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
477 WFUS52 KTAE 292206 TORTAE FLC063-292230- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0049.120829T2206Z-120829T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 506 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 505 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR STAR...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUE SPRING...CHIPOLA TERRACE...MARIANNA MUNICIPAL A/P...BUENA VISTA... TWO EGG...LOVEDALE...GREENWOOD...DELLWOOD 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 3096 8520 3091 8499 3068 8511 3070 8522 TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 196DEG 16KT 3073 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, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 31 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.