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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 2:01 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama; 26 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:01 AM CST (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- 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 08:04 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 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
311 WWUS72 KTAE 040801 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL THE COUNTIES... .IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042300- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0007.120304T1400Z-120304T2300Z/ 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 301 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /201 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS 26 TO 35 MPH. 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. && $$ BLOCK
1 follow-up statement
927 WWUS72 KTAE 041447 AAA NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 947 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OUR COUNTIES IN THE TRI-STATE AREA... .IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT..STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-042300- /O.CON.KTAE.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120304T2300Z/ 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 947 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 /847 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EVENING. * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BLOCK/GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:42 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:23 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 27 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.