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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:01 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Brooklyn, AL | SEVERAL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:37 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Covington | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 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.