Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2012, 5:24 AM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2012, 5:48 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425
WFUS52 KTAE 011024
TORTAE
ALC031-011115-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0063.121001T1024Z-121001T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
524 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 519 AM CDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES WEST OF NEW BROCKTON...OR NEAR
DAMASCUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...TABERNACLE...MIXONS
CROSSROADS...ARCUS...LOWRY MILL...EANON...VICTORIA...NEW HOPE...
JAVA...CHESTNUT GROVE...FRISCO...CLOWERS CROSSROADS AND ROETON.
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 3162 8596 3163 8584 3161 8579 3156 8579
3132 8595 3135 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 206DEG 33KT 3140 8599
$$
42-DVD3 follow-up statements
588
WWUS52 KTAE 011031
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
531 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
ALC031-011115-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121001T1115Z/
COFFEE AL-
531 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHBURG...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...MIXONS CROSSROADS...
ARCUS...LOWRY MILL...EANON...VICTORIA...NEW HOPE...JAVA...CHESTNUT
GROVE...FRISCO...CLOWERS CROSSROADS AND ROETON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 3156 8580 3138 8597 3139 8604 3162 8596
3163 8584 3161 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 200DEG 28KT 3143 8598
$$
42-DVD553
WWUS52 KTAE 011035
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
535 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
ALC031-011115-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121001T1115Z/
COFFEE AL-
535 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 533 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND GROVE
CHURCH...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIXONS
CROSSROADS...ARCUS...LOWRY MILL...EANON...VICTORIA...NEW HOPE...
JAVA...CHESTNUT GROVE...FRISCO...CLOWERS CROSSROADS AND ROETON
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 3156 8580 3141 8595 3143 8601 3162 8596
3163 8584 3161 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1035Z 200DEG 28KT 3146 8597
$$
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WWUS52 KTAE 011048
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
548 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
ALC031-011058-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-121001T1115Z/
COFFEE AL-
548 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO AT THIS TIME.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3156 8580 3141 8595 3143 8601 3162 8596
3163 8584 3161 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 200DEG 28KT 3156 8593
$$
42-DVDThe 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, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 27 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.