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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Coffee County, Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:47 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
Mar 2, 2012, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coffee County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 5:01 PM CSTTORNADO1 W Brooklyn, ALSEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNDAO RECIEVED WEST OF BROOKLYN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

842 
WFUS52 KTAE 022247
TORTAE
ALC031-022315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0008.120302T2247Z-120302T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
447 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 447 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7 MILES WEST OF RHOADES...OR NEAR OPP...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERRY
  STORE...BROOKLYN...ALBERTON...BASIN...INO...NEW HAVEN...GOODMAN AND
  DAMASCUS

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 3143 8603 3127 8597 3124 8620 3136 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 247DEG 27KT 3127 8627

$$

08-LAMERS
2 follow-up statements
844 
WWUS52 KTAE 022254
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
454 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALC031-022315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/
COFFEE AL-
454 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 450 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN OPP 
IN EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY.  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RHOADES...PERRY STORE...BROOKLYN...ALBERTON...BASIN...INO...NEW
HAVEN...GOODMAN AND DAMASCUS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MOVE INDOORS TO A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM 
AND GET INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE. 

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8603 3127 8597 3124 8620 3136 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 247DEG 28KT 3130 8621

$$

08-LAMERS
057 
WWUS52 KTAE 022300
SVSTAE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
500 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALC031-022315-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120302T2315Z/
COFFEE AL-
500 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY...

AT 458 PM CST...NUMEROUS SOURCES REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKLYN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BASIN...INO...NEW HAVEN...GOODMAN AND DAMASCUS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8603 3127 8597 3124 8620 3136 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 247DEG 28KT 3132 8615

$$

08-LAMERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee41 min
Mar 2, 4:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECoffee32 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECovington28 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva34 min
Mar 2, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee17 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva28 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee, Dale18 min
Mar 2, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEGeneva37 min

Nearby

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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.