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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 20, 2012, 10:09 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. 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
- Dec 20, 2012, 10:09 AM CST (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 10:41 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 9:19 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883
WFUS52 KTAE 201609
TORTAE
ALC031-201700-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0064.121220T1609Z-121220T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1009 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
* AT 1007 AM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR NEAR
ONYCHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 3150 8599 3134 8585 3119 8618 3119 8620
3136 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 234DEG 40KT 3122 8627
$$
42-DVD3 follow-up statements
301 WWUS52 KTAE 201623 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1023 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ALC031-201700- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-121220T1700Z/ COFFEE AL- 1023 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN COFFEE COUNTY... AT 1021 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM A/P...DAMASCUS...ELBA...TURNER CROSSROADS... RICHBURG...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...NEW BROCKTON AND WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3124 8613 3135 8618 3150 8599 3134 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 234DEG 40KT 3132 8610 $$ 42-DVD
081 WWUS52 KTAE 201629 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1029 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ALC031-201700- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-121220T1700Z/ COFFEE AL- 1029 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY... AT 1026 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAMASCUS...ELBA...TURNER CROSSROADS...RICHBURG...CAMP HUMMING HILLS...NEW BROCKTON AND WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. && LAT...LON 3127 8607 3135 8615 3150 8599 3134 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 236DEG 34KT 3135 8605 $$ 42-DVD
384 WWUS52 KTAE 201641 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1041 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ALC031-201648- /O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-121220T1700Z/ COFFEE AL- 1041 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... ROTATION HAS WEAKENED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR OTHER STORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. LAT...LON 3127 8607 3135 8615 3150 8599 3134 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 233DEG 35KT 3141 8596 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2:50 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 40 min |
| Dec 20, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 64 min |
| Dec 20, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 55 min |
| Dec 20, 11:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 19 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.