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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 1:49 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2012, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
558 WFUS52 KTAE 300649 TORTAE FLC131-300715- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0053.120830T0649Z-120830T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 149 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 144 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOSSY HEAD...OR NEAR NEW HOME...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKWOOD HILLS...POND CREEK...LIBERTY...FOX HILL...NEW HARMONY... NATURAL BRIDGE...PAXTON...LAKEWOOD...GORDON...FLOWERSVILLE...CLEAR SPRINGS AND CANEY CREEK 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE! && LAT...LON 3099 8639 3099 8620 3062 8621 3061 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 173DEG 28KT 3067 8631 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 2:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 22 min | |
| Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 34 min |
| Aug 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.