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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:56 PM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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, 4:56 PM CST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
515 WFUS52 KTAE 252256 TORTAE ALC031-045-252345- /O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0072.121225T2256Z-121225T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 456 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 451 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR NEW BROCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARITON 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 3163 8589 3162 8562 3130 8588 3134 8602 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 205DEG 35KT 3140 8588 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
3 follow-up statements
849 WWUS52 KTAE 252311 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 511 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALC031-045-252345- /O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/ COFFEE AL-DALE AL- 511 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES... AT 509 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EANON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAVA... GREATER SALEM CHURCH...FRISCO...CLOWERS CROSSROADS...ROCKY HEAD... ROETON...HWY 231 PEA RIVER BRIDGE AND ARITON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 3143 8577 3145 8597 3163 8589 3162 8562 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 205DEG 35KT 3153 8581 $$ 15-HARRIGAN
179
WWUS52 KTAE 252331
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
531 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC031-045-252345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
COFFEE AL-DALE AL-
531 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES...
AT 527 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARITON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
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 3154 8571 3155 8583 3157 8587 3163 8584
3162 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 205DEG 35KT 3171 8571
$$
15-HARRIGAN428
WWUS52 KTAE 252336
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
536 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC031-045-252346-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
COFFEE AL-DALE AL-
536 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CST...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3154 8571 3155 8583 3157 8587 3163 8584
3162 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 205DEG 35KT 3175 8568
$$
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, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 37 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.