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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:49 PM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 25, 2012, 4:49 PM CST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.8 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191 WFUS52 KTAE 252249 TORTAE FLC131-252315- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0070.121225T2249Z-121225T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 449 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 447 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR MOSSY HEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOX HILL...LIBERTY...NEW HARMONY...CLUSTER SPRINGS...SAND HILL... GORDON...CANEY CREEK...FLOWERSVILLE...CLEAR SPRINGS...PAXTON... LAKEWOOD...NATURAL BRIDGE AND GASKIN 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 3099 8640 3099 8607 3066 8626 3067 8640 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 199DEG 34KT 3078 8631 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
352 WWUS52 KTAE 252257 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 457 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 FLC131-252315- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-121225T2315Z/ WALTON FL- 457 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY... AT 455 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOX HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GORDON...CANEY CREEK...FLOWERSVILLE...PAXTON...LAKEWOOD...NATURAL BRIDGE AND GASKIN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 3078 8624 3080 8637 3099 8634 3099 8609 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 199DEG 34KT 3085 8628 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
864 WWUS52 KTAE 252308 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 508 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 FLC131-252315- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-121225T2315Z/ WALTON FL- 508 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY... AT 504 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKEWOOD...NATURAL BRIDGE AND GASKIN 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 3083 8620 3085 8636 3099 8633 3099 8609 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 199DEG 34KT 3095 8624 $$ 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 | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:48 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 39 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:48 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 39 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:47 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 31 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:47 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 45 hr | |
| Dec 25, 1:54 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Dec 25, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 38 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.