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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 8:09 PM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 8:09 PM EST (01:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 2:09 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton 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, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes 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), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388 WWUS72 KTAE 260109 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 809 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR ALL COUNTIES... .A STRONG SQUALL LINE FOLLOWED BY THE PARENT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK WEST THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH. THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL THE COUNTIES. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE AND GUSTS DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY A LATE AFTERNOON. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-261630- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0013.121226T1200Z-121226T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... 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...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 809 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 /709 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BLOCK
2 follow-up statements
481 WWUS72 KTAE 261202 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 702 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ TODAY FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-262200- /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121226T2200Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON- COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON- COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-QUITMAN-CLAY- RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN- EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...YOUNGSTOWN... BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE... TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY... FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER... PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY... SAINT MARKS...KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE... 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...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 702 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 /602 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012/ ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 17-GOULD
027 WWUS72 KTAE 261909 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 209 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND THE INLAND FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>011-GAZ120>126-142>144-155-271300- /O.CAN.KTAE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121226T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.FZ.W.0006.121227T0800Z-121227T1300Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL- DOUGHERTY-LEE-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-SEMINOLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY... COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS... HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS... MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...GEORGETOWN... FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON... LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE... BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...DONALSONVILLE 209 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 /109 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ TO 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TEMPERATURE...LOW OF 29 TO 31. * HOURS BELOW FREEZING...2 TO 4 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ012>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-GAZ127>131- 145>148-156>161-262015- /O.CAN.KTAE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121226T2200Z/ INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR- COASTAL DIXIE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-MITCHELL-COLQUITT- COOK-BERRIEN-DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YOUNGSTOWN...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... WEWAHITCHKA...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE... SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER... CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...FREEPORT... SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE... APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS... KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE... ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 209 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 /109 PM CST WED DEC 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 1:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay, Early, Randolph | 54 min |
| Dec 26, 2:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Early, Miller, Randolph, Seminole and 1 more | 59 min |
| Dec 26, 4:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Grady, Thomas | 54 min |
| Dec 26, 4:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Thomas | 56 min |
| Dec 26, 5:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 43 min |
| Dec 26, 6:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lanier, Lowndes | 48 min |
| Dec 26, 2:09 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Dec 25, 7:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Dec 25, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 8:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 19 min | |
| Dec 25, 9:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Dec 25, 10:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 18 min |
| Dec 25, 11:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Dec 25, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 66 min |
| Dec 26, 12:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Dec 26, 12:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 63 min |
| Dec 26, 1:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min | |
| Dec 26, 1:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson | 66 min |
| Dec 26, 2:10 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 80 min | |
| Dec 26, 2:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 6:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 62 min |
| Dec 25, 7:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 11:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 63 min |
| Dec 25, 11:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 49 min |
| Dec 26, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Dec 26, 12:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.