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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2, 2012Geneva County, Alabama; Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:11 PM CST for Geneva County, Alabama; Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 2, 2012, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Geneva County, AL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

544 
WFUS52 KTAE 022311
TORTAE
ALC061-FLC131-022345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.TO.W.0009.120302T2311Z-120302T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WALTON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 509 PM CST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO HAS BEEN DETECTED BY THE
  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR PAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  LAKEWOOD...NATURAL BRIDGE...GASKIN...HACODA...GANER...EARLYTOWN... 
  PERA AND LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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 3098 8635 3100 8632 3100 8619 3109 8620
      3116 8610 3102 8598 3089 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 236DEG 30KT 3095 8627

$$

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1 follow-up statement
109 
WWUS52 KTAE 022321
SVSTAE

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

ALC061-FLC131-022345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T2345Z/
GENEVA AL-WALTON FL-
521 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WALTON AND SOUTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTIES...

AT 518 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GASKIN...HACODA...EARLYTOWN...GANER...PERA AND LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL 
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE! IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR 
VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. 

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8621 3100 8625 3100 8619 3109 8620
      3116 8610 3102 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 248DEG 33KT 3099 8617

$$

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, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningTAECoffee28 min
Mar 2, 5:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAECovington28 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
Mar 1, 10:22 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 4 more11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.