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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:19 PM CST for Calhoun County, Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cleburne County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:25 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 8 W Jacksonville, AL | REPORTED IN WELLINGTON. |
| Mar 2, 6:30 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Jacksonville, AL | |
| Mar 2, 6:55 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Mars Hills, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO - PINEY WOOD AND CR 14 VCNTY |
| Mar 2, 6:55 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | 3 Sw Mars Hills, AL | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED EASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY. DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRONG INFLOW WINDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STORM. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. DAMAGE INCLUDED DOZENS OF SNAPPED PINE TREES...A FEW UPROOTED PINE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084 WFUS54 KBMX 030019 TORBMX ALC015-029-030100- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0022.120303T0019Z-120303T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 619 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 616 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OHATCHEE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAKS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JACKSONVILLE...WEAVER...FRUITHURST...MUSCADINE...MARS HILLS... LIBERTY HILL AND OAK LEVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3372 8598 3382 8600 3392 8539 3372 8535 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 263DEG 40KT 3376 8591 $$ 27
2 follow-up statements
026 WWUS54 KBMX 030029 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 629 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC015-029-030100- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/ CALHOUN AL-CLEBURNE AL- 629 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST... AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEAVER...OR NEAR FORT MCCLELLAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRUITHURST...MUSCADINE...MARS HILLS...LIBERTY HILL AND OAK LEVEL. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3374 8588 3382 8591 3392 8539 3372 8535 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 263DEG 40KT 3377 8576 $$ 27
494 WWUS54 KBMX 030048 RRA SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 648 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC015-029-030100- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/ CALHOUN AL-CLEBURNE AL- 648 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CLEBURNE AND EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST... AT 644 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDWARDSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HEFLIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUSCADINE...MARS HILLS AND OAK LEVEL. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3376 8563 3386 8566 3392 8539 3372 8535 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 263DEG 40KT 3379 8552 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Coosa, Elmore | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Walker | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Walker, Winston | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 8:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 112 min |
| Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 9:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Walker, Winston | 119 min |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 9:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 10:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 10:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Talladega | 118 min |
| Mar 2, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 10:37 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Etowah, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 11:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:15 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 15 min |
| Mar 3, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Perry, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Chambers, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.