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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 9:29 AM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 10:00 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, 9:29 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
364
WFUS54 KBMX 231429
TORBMX
ALC109-231500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0032.120323T1429Z-120323T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
929 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 929 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR TROY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LINWOOD...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.
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 3188 8609 3189 8609 3197 8603 3196 8600
3199 8600 3205 8590 3204 8590 3199 8590
3197 8588 3197 8579 3188 8579 3178 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 236DEG 19KT 3186 8602
$$
!2 follow-up statements
135
WWUS54 KBMX 231440
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
940 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ALC109-231500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120323T1500Z/
PIKE AL-
940 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
1000 AM CDT...
AT 939 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AT THE TROY AIRPORT
REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT...OR NEAR TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO
WUILL CROSS US HIGHWAY 231 WITHIN MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINWOOD...ORION AND SANDFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3189 8608 3202 8595 3205 8590 3199 8590
3197 8588 3197 8579 3191 8579 3179 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 237DEG 10KT 3186 8601
$$156
WWUS54 KBMX 231453
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
953 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ALC109-231500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120323T1500Z/
PIKE AL-
953 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
1000 AM CDT...
AT 953 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO WITH DAMAGE
NEAR THE TROY AIRPORT. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT...OR JUST NORTH OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINWOOD...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.
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 3189 8608 3202 8595 3205 8590 3199 8590
3197 8588 3197 8579 3191 8579 3179 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 237DEG 10KT 3188 8597
$$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, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 3 hr |
| 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.