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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 25, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 6:09 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 6:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W New Brockton, AL	REPORT OF TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY RD 514 NW OF NEW BROCKTON

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 00:00Z, 0.2 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

790 
WFUS52 KTAE 260009
TORTAE
ALC031-260045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0075.121226T0009Z-121226T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 603 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BROCKTON...OR
  NEAR DAMASCUS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RICHBURG...CLINTONVILLE...WOODLAND GROVE CHURCH...CAMP HUMMING
  HILLS...WISE MILL...TABERNACLE...MIXONS CROSSROADS...ARCUS...LOWRY
  MILL...EANON...VICTORIA...JACK...NEW HOPE AND JAVA.

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 3160 8604 3158 8579 3152 8579 3129 8595
      3132 8606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 202DEG 22KT 3136 8598

$$

15-HARRIGAN

2 follow-up statements

806 
WWUS52 KTAE 260021
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
621 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC031-260045-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-121226T0045Z/
COFFEE AL-
621 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND GROVE
CHURCH...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TABERNACLE...MIXONS CROSSROADS...ARCUS...EANON...VICTORIA...NEW HOPE
AND JAVA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8579 3143 8587 3144 8599 3159 8597
      3158 8579 3154 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 202DEG 22KT 3143 8594

$$

15-HARRIGAN

694 
WWUS52 KTAE 260044
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
644 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC031-260054-
/O.EXP.KTAE.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-121226T0045Z/
COFFEE AL-
644 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CST...

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

LAT...LON 3152 8579 3143 8587 3144 8599 3159 8597
      3158 8579 3154 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 202DEG 22KT 3155 8588

$$

15-HARRIGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 7:09 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	18 hr
Dec 25, 10:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee	63 min
Dec 25, 10:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Geneva	49 min
Dec 25, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale	32 min
Dec 25, 11:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dale, Geneva, Henry	60 min
Dec 26, 12:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Henry, Houston	54 min
Dec 26, 1:09 PM CST	Freeze Warning	TAE	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	14 hr

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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.