Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT for Jackson County, Florida; Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, AL, Jackson County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
811
WFUS52 KTAE 292254
TORTAE
ALC069-FLC063-292330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0052.120829T2254Z-120829T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
554 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...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 550 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR BASCOM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MALONE...CHATTAHOOCHEE SP...LUCY...CROSBY AND HARMON
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 3113 8506 3110 8503 3109 8503 3107 8503
3105 8501 3088 8501 3087 8521 3113 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 179DEG 21KT 3094 8510
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KTAE 292314
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
714 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2012
FLC063-292324-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120829T2330Z/
JACKSON FL-
614 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3113 8506 3110 8503 3107 8503 3105 8501
3100 8501 3100 8521 3113 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 190DEG 18KT 3103 8507
$$
ALC069-292330-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120829T2330Z/
HOUSTON AL-
614 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSBY...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARMON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3113 8506 3110 8503 3107 8503 3105 8501
3100 8501 3100 8521 3113 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 190DEG 18KT 3103 8507
$$
42-DVD451
WWUS52 KTAE 292326
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
626 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
ALC069-292337-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120829T2330Z/
HOUSTON AL-
626 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3113 8506 3110 8503 3107 8503 3105 8501
3100 8502 3100 8521 3113 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 190DEG 18KT 3109 8506
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.