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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 1, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2012, 5:03 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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: Oct 1, 2012, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 27 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

236 
WFUS52 KTAE 011003
TORTAE
ALC031-011030-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0062.121001T1003Z-121001T1030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
503 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 502 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 14 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...OR NEAR HOLLEY
  STORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  BROCKTON

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 3144 8608 3138 8589 3119 8601 3119 8612
      3118 8612 3120 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 204DEG 20KT 3122 8610

$$

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1 follow-up statement

408 
WWUS52 KTAE 011013
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
513 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

ALC031-011030-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-121001T1030Z/
COFFEE AL-
513 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 510 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAMASCUS...TURNER CROSSROADS...NEW HAVEN...NEW BROCKTON AND RICHBURG

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

&&

LAT...LON 3124 8602 3126 8610 3143 8606 3138 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 206DEG 29KT 3130 8604

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 1, 1:43 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	7 hr
Oct 1, 5:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	24 min
Oct 1, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Houston	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.