Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:53 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 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 25, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WFUS52 KTAE 252253
TORTAE
ALC031-252330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0071.121225T2253Z-121225T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
453 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 451 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR NEAR PERRY
STORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BROOKLYN...BASIN...DAMASCUS...NEW HAVEN...CURTIS...DANLEYS
CROSSROADS...CARL FOLSOM A/P...PINE LEVEL...LEE...CAMP HUMMING
HILLS...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...WISE MILL...NEWBY...ZOAR...ARCUS...
BLUFF SPRING...LOWRY MILL...JACK...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...CHESTNUT
GROVE...WILKINSTOWN AND VICTORIA.
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 3153 8620 3154 8615 3161 8615 3162 8614
3163 8586 3144 8597 3126 8602 3126 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 209DEG 30KT 3130 8616
$$
15-HARRIGAN2 follow-up statements
060
WWUS52 KTAE 252309
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
509 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC031-252330-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-121225T2330Z/
COFFEE AL-
509 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 504 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARL FOLSOM A/P...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEE...
CAMP HUMMING HILLS...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...WISE MILL...NEWBY...
ZOAR...ARCUS...BLUFF SPRING...LOWRY MILL...JACK...CLOWERS
CROSSROADS...CHESTNUT GROVE...WILKINSTOWN AND VICTORIA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3134 8600 3138 8620 3153 8620 3154 8615
3161 8615 3162 8614 3163 8586 3144 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 209DEG 30KT 3142 8608
$$
15-HARRIGAN118
WWUS52 KTAE 252323
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
523 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC031-252330-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-121225T2330Z/
COFFEE AL-
523 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 518 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WISE MILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ARCUS...BLUFF SPRING...LOWRY MILL...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...CHESTNUT
GROVE...WILKINSTOWN...VICTORIA AND JACK
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 3146 8603 3148 8610 3153 8610 3162 8607
3163 8586 3145 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 209DEG 30KT 3151 8602
$$
15-HARRIGANThe 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, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.