S. A weak surface low was located just offshore of the Florida panhandle.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TAE wrote it up.
A broad upper level trough was present over the southeastern U.S. A weak surface low was located just offshore of the Florida panhandle. A mesoscale convective vort max was also in the area. SBCAPE values of 1500-2500 j/kg and delta thetae values of 25-35 contributed to several instances of severe storms with trees and power lines down across the area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 8:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 925 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 2012 .Discussion...Other than a few small convective cells off to our north in GA and off to our west in AL, it appears that most of the showers and thunderstorms are basically done for the night over the CWA. However, with the southward moving cells over GA not too far away and some support from the Hi-Res Guidance, may hold on to 20% PoPs over our northern GA counties until 06 UTC. Thereafter, will only plan on keeping in 20% over the Coastal Waters from 06 to 12 UTC, with silent 10s over land. Otherwise, the current fcst looks in very good shape, and will just merge in the latest observed winds into the overnight fcst. && .Aviation...[through 00z Friday]... All of the terminals have basically been experiencing VFR for the last 24 hours, and persistence will be guiding the TAFs tonight. Once again, there is a low probability for some patchy fog tonight, but only brief incursions of MVFR would be expected. All sites were kept at VFR. For tomorrow, we may see some lower visibilities under afternoon storms, but precise timing would be difficult at this time. Therefore, all TAFs carry afternoon VCTS, and the outlook is for a scattering of thunderstorms with MVFR nearby. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. GA...None. FL...None. GM...None. && Gould/Lamers
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1049 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134- GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-141200- 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- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1049 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012 /949 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS APPEAR UNLIKELY. A DRYING TREND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOW THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP. FOURNIER/GOULD
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:59 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A retired nws employee measured a daily rainfall total of 4.26 inches on Hermitage Blvd.
A rainfall total of 4.30 inches was measured at the Wembley Way-Eastgate Northwest Florida Water Management District rain gauge.
Four trees were blown down by downburst winds in Havana. Monetary damage was estimated.
Two trees were blown down near the Gilberts Mill area. Monetary damage was estimated.
Large tree limbs were blown down. The largest was about a foot in diameter and 20 feet long.
A pine tree was snapped about halfway up just east of Wausau.
Trees were blown into power lines in Caryville. Monetary damage was estimated.
Trees were blown down on power lines along Highway 2 near Darlington. Monetary damage was estimated.
Two trees and three small limbs were blown down near Red Hill Bridge Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2012
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 376693, 376697, 377004, 377005, 377006, 377007, 377008, 377009, 377010.