Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2001, 8:25 AM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2001, 8:25 AM CST (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2001, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Enterprise, AL | Dime size hail on Highway 134 near Enterprise. Reported by the Coffee County EMA. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 121426 SVRTLH ALC031-121500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 825 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COFFEE COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 900 AM CST... * AT 825 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 9 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW BROCKTON...CLINTONVILLE BY 830 AM CST... TABERNACLE BY 835 AM CST... INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. LAT...LON 3147 8618 3122 8616 3123 8582 3156 8580 .END 12-WATSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Houston | 24 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.