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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 25, 2012Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:36 PM CST for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2012, 4:36 PM CST (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 5:00 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ne Newark, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED IN CLINTONVILLE, AL. TOO FAR AWAY TO SEE IF IT WAS TOUCHING DOWN OR NOT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 25, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

082 
WFUS52 KTAE 252236
TORTAE
ALC031-061-252300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0069.121225T2236Z-121225T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
436 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 433 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE...OR NEAR
  MARVIN CHAPEL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 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 3147 8598 3141 8579 3132 8579 3116 8591
      3117 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 200DEG 26KT 3123 8595

$$

15-HARRIGAN

1 follow-up statement

242 
WWUS52 KTAE 252242
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
542 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC061-252252-
/O.CAN.KTAE.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-121225T2300Z/
GENEVA AL-
442 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GENEVA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3147 8598 3141 8579 3132 8579 3119 8589
      3120 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 200DEG 26KT 3127 8593

$$

ALC031-252300-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-121225T2300Z/
COFFEE AL-
442 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 438 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCILE...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
DAMASCUS...ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P...ENTERPRISE...NEW 
BROCKTON...WOODLAND AND CLINTONVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3147 8598 3141 8579 3132 8579 3119 8589
      3120 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 200DEG 26KT 3127 8593

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 9:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	12 hr
Dec 25, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee	37 min
Dec 25, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	49 min
Dec 25, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Geneva	38 min
Dec 25, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.