Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 9:28 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
343
WFUS52 KTAE 301428
TORTAE
FLC131-301500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0061.120830T1428Z-120830T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
928 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 927 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 13 MILES SOUTH OF DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...OR
NEAR PORTLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
HOME...ROCK HILL...PLEASANT RIDGE...DE FUNIAK SPRING AIRPORT...
ARGYLE AND ALPINE HEIGHTS.
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 3076 8624 3076 8604 3070 8603 3050 8612
3051 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 188DEG 18KT 3055 8617
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
932
WWUS52 KTAE 301455
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
955 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
FLC131-301505-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120830T1500Z/
WALTON FL-
955 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000
AM CDT...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3076 8624 3075 8605 3070 8603 3050 8612
3051 8624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 188DEG 18KT 3068 8615
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 26 min |
| 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, 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.