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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2012, 3:33 AM EDT for 26 counties in Georgia; 12 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 22, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2012, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 43 counties
Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
336 WWUS72 KTAE 220733 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 333 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... .A SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL DEVELOP NORTHEAST TODAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND STRENGTHEN. THIS PROCESS WILL ACT TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND THEREFORE WINDS...ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OR SO ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH GUSTS FREQUENTLY REACHING THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE AS SUNSET APPROACHES LATER TODAY. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>014-108-112-114-GAZ120>126-142>145-155-156- 230000- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0008.120422T1400Z-120423T0000Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH- TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-SEMINOLE- DECATUR- 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...FREEPORT... SANTA ROSA BEACH...PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE... GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON... MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG... SMITHVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON... CAMILLA...PELHAM...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE 333 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 /233 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...A FEW WEAKENED TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY MAY ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN...AIDED BY WET SOILS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO STEER AT TIMES. 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. && $$ FLZ015>018-026-027-115-118-127-GAZ127>131-146>148-157>161-230000- /O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0008.120422T1700Z-120423T0000Z/ INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-LIBERTY- INLAND WAKULLA-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL WAKULLA- WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-GRADY- THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE... SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...SWEETWATER...CRAWFORDVILLE... APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...SOPCHOPPY...SAINT MARKS...SYLVESTER... ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...MOULTRIE...ADEL... SPARKS...NASHVILLE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA... LAKELAND 333 AM EDT SUN APR 22 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...A FEW WEAKENED TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. A FEW SHALLOW ROOTED TREES IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY MAY ALSO BE BLOWN DOWN...AIDED BY WET SOILS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO STEER AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Apr 22, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:51 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 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.