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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2012, 10:16 AM EDT for 24 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in Florida; Dale County, Henry County, Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2012, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 36 counties
Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lee County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
172 WWUS72 KTAE 301416 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1016 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LINGER TODAY AS WE WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND POST-TROPICAL SANDY IN THE INTERIOR MID ATLANTIC STATES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN MANY SPOTS BY MID MORNING...AND THOSE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO PERHAPS 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON MAY REACH 35 TO 40 MPH. WINDS SHOULD QUICKLY SUBSIDE BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. ALZ066-067-069-FLZ011-016-017-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>159-302300- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0012.121030T1416Z-121030T2300Z/ DALE-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH- CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...DALEVILLE... HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE... MALONE...SNEADS...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE... SPRING HILL...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN... ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY... LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN 1016 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /916 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS LIKELY IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THEY CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 08-LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
036 WWUS72 KTAE 301702 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LINGER TODAY AS WE ARE SITUATED BETWEEN AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND POST-TROPICAL SANDY IN THE INTERIOR MID ATLANTIC STATES. WIND GUSTS HAVE INCREASED ALL THE WAY TO THE GULF COAST FROM PANAMA CITY TO APALACHICOLA SINCE NOON EDT...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE COAST IN THOSE LOCATIONS. WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DECREASE QUICKLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. FLZ010-012>015-026-027-112-114-115-127-302300- /O.EXA.KTAE.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121030T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- COASTAL WAKULLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... YOUNGSTOWN...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /1202 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE QUICKLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ066-067-069-FLZ011-016-017-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>159-302300- /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121030T2300Z/ DALE-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-GADSDEN-LEON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH- CALHOUN-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...DALEVILLE... HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE... MALONE...SNEADS...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE... SPRING HILL...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN... ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY... LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT... NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 /1202 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE QUICKLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM. * WINDS: SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN ALSO KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND BLOW DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:07 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 28 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.