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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
109
WWUS52 KTAE 022321
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
521 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC061-FLC131-022345-
/O.CON.KTAE.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T2345Z/
GENEVA AL-WALTON FL-
521 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WALTON AND SOUTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTIES...
AT 518 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GASKIN...HACODA...EARLYTOWN...GANER...PERA AND LOGAN FIELD MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE! IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR
VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3092 8621 3100 8625 3100 8619 3109 8620
3116 8610 3102 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 248DEG 33KT 3099 8617
$$
08-LAMERSThe 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, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Covington | 28 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 |
| Mar 1, 10:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson and 4 more | 11 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.