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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 3, 20127 counties in Florida

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 499 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 8:43 PM ESTTornado WarningTAEJackson32 min
Mar 2, 11:16 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon and 3 more10 hr
Mar 2, 11:16 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE9 hr
Mar 3, 3:40 AM ESTFlood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson and 5 more14 hr
Mar 3, 3:40 AM ESTRip Current StatementTAEBay, Walton11 hr
Mar 3, 3:51 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more18 hr
Mar 3, 4:30 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE18 hr
Mar 3, 7:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson26 min
Mar 3, 8:01 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE32 min
Mar 3, 8:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Mar 3, 8:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton32 min
Mar 3, 8:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington39 min
Mar 3, 8:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton, Washington48 min
Mar 3, 8:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington27 min
Mar 3, 8:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington33 min
Mar 3, 9:16 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty44 min
Mar 3, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon36 min
Mar 3, 9:57 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty48 min
Mar 3, 10:16 AM ESTTornado WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty29 min
Mar 3, 10:43 AM ESTTornado WarningTAEGadsden32 min
Mar 3, 11:09 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJackson, Walton, Washington3 hr
Mar 3, 11:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon32 min
Mar 3, 11:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon32 min
Mar 3, 12:04 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty3 hr
Mar 3, 12:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Walton and 1 more4 hr
Mar 3, 1:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson3 hr
Mar 3, 1:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf, Leon, Liberty64 min
Mar 3, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon27 min
Mar 3, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla50 min
Mar 3, 2:20 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAELeon115 min
Mar 3, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison47 min
Mar 3, 2:53 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min
Mar 3, 3:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf, Jefferson, Liberty, Wakulla60 min
Mar 3, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor62 min
Mar 3, 3:39 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE66 min
Mar 3, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Wakulla51 min
Mar 3, 4:57 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Mar 3, 5:29 PM ESTGale WarningTAE17 hr
Mar 3, 5:29 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE26 hr
Mar 3, 5:38 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more10 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.