Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012

Tornado Warning 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 30, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:01 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

703 
WFUS52 KTAE 301001
TORTAE
ALC031-301045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0059.120830T1001Z-120830T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
501 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 458 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 23 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...OR NEAR GANER...
  MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOLLEY STORE...KINSTON...INO...RHOADES...ALBERTON...PERRY          
  STORE...  BROOKLYN...BASIN...NEW HAVEN...CURTIS AND CARL FOLSOM    
  AIRPORT.

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 3143 8603 3119 8605 3119 8612 3118 8612
      3119 8613 3119 8618 3126 8621 3142 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 170DEG 24KT 3111 8611

$$

08-LAMERS

1 follow-up statement

677 
WWUS52 KTAE 301030
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
530 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

ALC031-301040-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-120830T1045Z/
COFFEE AL-
530 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY.

RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 3143 8603 3119 8605 3119 8612 3118 8612
      3119 8613 3119 8618 3126 8621 3142 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 170DEG 24KT 3130 8615

$$

08-LAMERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	35 min
Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	43 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Every tornado warning in 2012 Tornadoes in 2012

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.