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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2012, 10:58 PM CDT for Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 11 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
- Sep 3, 2012, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 11:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435 WFUS54 KBMX 040358 TORBMX ALC063-119-040430- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0036.120904T0358Z-120904T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1058 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1055 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW WEST GREENE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GAINESVILLE...BOLIGEE...NEW MOUNT HEBRON...FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION AND SUMTERVILLE. THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 23 THROUGH 32... 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 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX LAT...LON 3271 8798 3268 8825 3295 8818 3296 8808 TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 357DEG 23KT 3292 8813 $$ GRANTHAM
1 follow-up statement
949 WWUS54 KBMX 040409 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1109 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ALC063-119-040420- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120904T0430Z/ GREENE AL-SUMTER AL- 1109 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUMTER AND WEST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3271 8798 3268 8825 3295 8818 3296 8808 TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 357DEG 23KT 3284 8813 $$ GRANTHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 59 min |
| Sep 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 115 min |
| Sep 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 66 min |
| Sep 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 65 min |
| Sep 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 6:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Hale | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marengo | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.