Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT for Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Berry, AL | MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON CR 26 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 43/13 |
| Jun 11, 7:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Tuscaloosa, AL | WINDS E60MPH. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS AND PINE TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. A FEW WEAKENED OAK TREES WERE DOWNED AS WELL AND LIMBS BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES. |
| Jun 11, 7:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Coker, AL | TREES DOWN ON MT OLIVE ROAD NEAR HWY 82, TREE AND POWER LINE DOWN ON HONEYCUTT DRIVE AT HWY 71, TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ALONG EDWARDIAN LANE. |
| Jun 11, 7:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Northport, AL | TREE DOWN ON UNION CHAPEL IN NORTHPORT. |
| Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tuscaloosa, AL | TREE DOWN ALONG CRIPPLE CREEK ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
730
WUUS54 KBMX 112351
SVRBMX
ALC057-107-125-120030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0166.120611T2351Z-120612T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
651 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 647 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELDRIDGE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELK TO
ETHELSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PICKENSVILLE...REFORM...CARROLLTON...GORDO...ALICEVILLE...
NORTHPORT...TUSCALOOSA AND HOLT.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 62 THROUGH 89...
WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES AND CAUSE
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND STRUCTURES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOUR ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDAITELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3353 8828 3352 8795 3359 8795 3362 8782
3387 8760 3387 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8742 3359 8732 3352 8732 3350 8727
3346 8734 3334 8719 3302 8732 3304 8779
3315 8784 3304 8814 3300 8817 3301 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 317DEG 39KT 3381 8760 3358 8781
3345 8817
$$
MA2 follow-up statements
261
WWUS54 KBMX 120011
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
711 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
ALC057-107-125-120030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120612T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
711 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA...
PICKENS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BOLEY SPRINGS TO SAMANTHA TO GORDO TO PICKENSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GORDO...CARROLLTON...PICKENSVILLE...ALICEVILLE...NORTHPORT...
HOLT...TUSCALOOSA...SAMANTHA...LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING
AND LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 62 THROUGH 89...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3353 8828 3352 8795 3359 8795 3362 8782
3387 8760 3387 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8742 3359 8732 3352 8732 3350 8727
3346 8734 3334 8719 3302 8732 3304 8779
3315 8784 3304 8814 3300 8817 3301 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 317DEG 39KT 3365 8742 3342 8763
3332 8796 3328 8827
$$
MA269
WWUS54 KBMX 120023
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
723 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
ALC057-107-125-120030-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120612T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
723 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA...
PICKENS AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORGAS TO LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK
LANDING TO GORDO TO PICKENSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICEVILLE...NORTHPORT...HOLT...TUSCALOOSA...GARDEN...MCMULLEN...
COKER...BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS AND
BRYANT DENNY STADIUM.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 62 THROUGH 89...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3340 8829 3345 8784 3369 8753 3369 8743
3361 8742 3359 8732 3352 8732 3350 8728
3348 8730 3349 8733 3346 8734 3334 8719
3313 8727 3309 8731 3302 8732 3304 8779
3315 8784 3304 8814 3300 8818 3301 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 317DEG 39KT 3355 8731 3332 8753
3322 8786 3319 8817
$$
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pike | 115 min |
| Jun 11, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.