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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 2:38 AM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 30, 2012, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 3:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:38 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Estothel, AL | POWERLINES DOWN...TREES ACROSS ROAD...AND A ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE NEAR COUNTY ROAD 5 AND BEAR BRANCH RD. |
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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
810 WFUS52 KTAE 300738 TORTAE ALC031-061-300815- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0056.120830T0738Z-120830T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 238 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 235 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 18 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...OR NEAR WEEKS... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KINSTON...HOLLEY STORE...FAIRVIEW...RHOADES...INO...ALBERTON... PERRY STORE...BROOKLYN...BASIN...NEW HAVEN...CURTIS...CARL FOLSOM A/P...DANLEYS CROSSROADS...PINE LEVEL...LEE AND WISE MILL. 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 3153 8619 3154 8603 3115 8602 3115 8618 TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 176DEG 29KT 3118 8613 $$ 17-GOULD
1 follow-up statement
103 WWUS52 KTAE 300813 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 313 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ALC031-061-300822- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120830T0815Z/ COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL- 313 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GENEVA AND WESTERN COFFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS NOW WEAKENED OVER WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY NEAR CURTIS. LAT...LON 3153 8619 3154 8603 3115 8602 3115 8618 TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 173DEG 25KT 3142 8616 $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 29 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.