Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 3:43 PM CDT for Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 3, 2012, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 4:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Elmore County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Emerald Mountain, AL | TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ACROSS RIFLE RANGE RD. CLEARED BY FD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649
WUUS54 KBMX 032043
SVRBMX
ALC051-032115-
/O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0210.120703T2043Z-120703T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 341 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERALD
MOUNTAIN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MILSTEAD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARE.
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 3243 8615 3251 8616 3254 8598 3245 8592
3246 8593 3244 8596 3246 8598 3244 8598
3245 8599 3243 8599 3242 8602 3242 8603
3241 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 343DEG 3KT 3246 8605
$$
MA2 follow-up statements
833
WWUS54 KBMX 032057
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
357 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC051-032115-
/O.CON.KBMX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120703T2115Z/
ELMORE AL-
357 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ELMORE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
EMERALD MOUNTAIN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MILSTEAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3243 8615 3250 8614 3252 8598 3245 8592
3246 8593 3244 8596 3246 8598 3244 8598
3245 8600 3243 8599 3242 8603 3241 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 343DEG 3KT 3245 8605
$$
MA633
WWUS54 KBMX 032103
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
403 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC051-032113-
/O.CAN.KBMX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120703T2115Z/
ELMORE AL-
403 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3243 8615 3250 8614 3252 8598 3245 8592
3246 8593 3244 8596 3246 8598 3244 8598
3245 8600 3243 8599 3242 8603 3241 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 343DEG 3KT 3244 8604
$$
MAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 10:57 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Macon | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 46 min |
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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.