Alert archive / Florida / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 3:02 PM EST for 7 counties in Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Dixie County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WWUS72 KTAE 032002 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 302 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... .STRONG WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...EVEN WELL OUT AHEAD OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE GUSTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. FLZ017>019-027>029-034-118-127-128-134-040100- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0006.120303T2002Z-120304T0100Z/ LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR- LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL... MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE...CRAWFORDVILLE...PERRY... MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS... KEATON BEACH...STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE 302 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 8 PM EST TONIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED...AS WELL AS UNSECURED ITEMS LIKE GARBAGE CANS. BLOWING DUST HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF INTERSTATE TEN. LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO STEER AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FOURNIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 11:16 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:16 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 9 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:40 AM EST | Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:40 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Bay, Walton | 11 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:30 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Mar 3, 7:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 8:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Mar 3, 8:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Mar 3, 8:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 8:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 3, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 8:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 8:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 9:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 10:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 12:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Walton and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Leon, Liberty | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 2:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Leon | 115 min |
| Mar 3, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 2:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 3:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 4:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Mar 3, 5:29 PM EST | Gale Warning | TAE | 17 hr | |
| Mar 3, 5:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 26 hr | |
| Mar 3, 5:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 10 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.