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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 2:17 AM EST for 26 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 2:17 AM EST (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 07:15 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, 7.3 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
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896 WWUS72 KTAE 110717 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 217 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL ZONES... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY EVERYWHERE BUT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL ZONES... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-118-127-128-134-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-112100- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0003.120212T0500Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.120211T1600Z-120212T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.120213T0300Z-120213T1400Z/ 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- 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... 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 217 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 /117 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUBSIDING TO 10 MPH OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TEMPERATURE...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS OF UP TO 11 HOURS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND 8 TO 9 HOURS IN FLORIDA. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY AND ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-115-112100- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.120211T1600Z-120212T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.120213T0300Z-120213T1400Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH... PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE 217 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 /117 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TEMPERATURE...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE 26 TO 31 DEGREES BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS OF UP TO 8 HOURS. A HARD FREEZE WITH EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
341 WWUS72 KTAE 111936 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 236 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-118-127-128-134-GAZ120>131- 142>148-155>161-121200- /O.EXT.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120212T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0003.120212T0500Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.120213T0300Z-120213T1400Z/ 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- 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... 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 236 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 /136 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ SUNDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SUBSIDING TO 10 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS OF UP TO 11 HOURS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND 8 TO 9 HOURS IN FLORIDA. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES BELOW 26 DEGREES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY AND ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-115-121200- /O.EXT.KTAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120212T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.A.0002.120213T0300Z-120213T1400Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH... PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE 236 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 /136 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SUBSIDING TO 10 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE 26 TO 31 DEGREES BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY WITH TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS OF UP TO 8 HOURS. A HARD FREEZE WITH EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS ON AREA LAKES. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MOORE/DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:16 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:17 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:17 AM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:31 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:31 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 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.