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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 10:04 AM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2012, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
575 WFUS54 KBMX 231504 TORBMX ALC109-231530- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0033.120323T1504Z-120323T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1004 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1030 AM CDT * AT 1004 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOSHEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROY...TROY UNIVERSITY...ANTIOCH AND MOSSY GROVE. 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 3187 8590 3168 8582 3165 8606 3179 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 254DEG 16KT 3172 8606 $$
2 follow-up statements
107 WWUS54 KBMX 231516 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1016 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC109-231530- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120323T1530Z/ PIKE AL- 1016 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 1016 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROY...TROY UNIVERSITY...ANTIOCH AND MOSSY GROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3187 8590 3168 8582 3165 8606 3179 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 254DEG 16KT 3173 8600 $$
096 WWUS54 KBMX 231518 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1018 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC109-231530- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120323T1530Z/ PIKE AL- 1018 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 1018 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY UNIVERSITY...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF TROY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROY...TROY UNIVERSITY...ANTIOCH AND MOSSY GROVE. 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 3179 8604 3185 8589 3168 8582 3166 8599 TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 254DEG 16KT 3173 8599 $$
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, 9:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.