Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 1986, 3:08 PM CST for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1986, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 1986, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado F3 | Marion, AL | |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Marion, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 941 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Franklin, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 12, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cullman | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens | 65 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.