Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 8:59 AM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 23, 2012, 8:59 AM CDT (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 9:26 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wnw Troy, AL | THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN INITIALLY JUST SOUTHWEST OF PIKE COUNTY ROAD 1 ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHERE A LARGE PARTIALLY ROTTED TREE WAS SNAPPED, AND SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES AT THE EDGES OF PLOWED FIELDS WERE SNAPPED. IT PROCEE |
| Mar 23, 9:29 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Troy Municipal Ai, AL | TORNADO REPORTED BY TROY AIRPORT WEST OF THE AIRPORT MOVING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. |
| Mar 23, 9:34 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Troy Municipal Airp, AL | HOUSE AND BARN SUSTAINED DAMAGE ALONG OAK GROVE ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. |
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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KBMX 231359
TORBMX
ALC109-231430-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0031.120323T1359Z-120323T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 859 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GOSHEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...ANSLEY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...TROY UNIVERSITY...
ANTIOCH...LINWOOD...BANKS...MOSSY GROVE...ORION AND SANDFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3168 8615 3178 8615 3179 8621 3183 8619
3187 8619 3201 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579
3188 8579 3188 8573 3179 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 245DEG 20KT 3178 8615
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KBMX 231413
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
913 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ALC109-231430-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120323T1430Z/
PIKE AL-
913 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
930 AM CDT...
AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANSLEY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF TROY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...ANSLEY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...TROY UNIVERSITY...
LINWOOD...BANKS...ORION AND SANDFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3170 8614 3172 8616 3178 8615 3179 8619
3181 8621 3188 8619 3201 8591 3200 8590
3197 8588 3197 8579 3188 8579 3188 8573
3187 8572 3186 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 240DEG 20KT 3182 8608
$$558 WWUS54 KBMX 231424 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 924 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC109-231430- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120323T1430Z/ PIKE AL- 924 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM CDT... AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 5 MILES WEST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LINWOOD AND ORION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3200 8592 3187 8580 3175 8608 3188 8619 TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 242DEG 16KT 3184 8604 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 6:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Montgomery, Pike | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 10:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | St. Clair | 59 min |
| Mar 23, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 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.