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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2012, 4:38 AM CDT for Coosa County, Elmore County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Oct 1, 2012, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2012, 5:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Speed, AL | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD 429 AND THE ELMORE AND COOSA COUNTY LINE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Oct 1, 4:47 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Ssw Rockford, AL | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN ELMORE COUNTY CAUSING MINIMAL TREE DAMAGE THEN TRAVELED INTO COOSA COUNTY. IN COOSA COUNTY, THE TORNADO DROPPED SOME LARGE PINES, THEN A LARGE OAK, WHICH FELL INTO A SMALL BARN AND A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO PATH WA |
| Oct 1, 4:47 AM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 6 Ssw Rockford, AL | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN COOSA COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE PENTONVILLE...UPROOTING SEVERAL PINES AND OAK TREES SPORADICALLY ALONG THE PATH. ONE LARGE OAK FELL INTO A SMALL BARN AND A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 0.5 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS W |
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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WFUS54 KBMX 010938 TORBMX ALC037-051-011015- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0037.121001T0938Z-121001T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 438 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTH CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 435 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TITUS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF EQUALITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ROCKFORD...SPEED...PENTONVILLE...COTTAGE GROVE...CREWSVILLE AND HISSOP. 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 3298 8622 3296 8605 3270 8623 3273 8634 TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 206DEG 26KT 3275 8627 $$ GRANTHAM
2 follow-up statements
825
WWUS54 KBMX 010946
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
446 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
ALC051-010956-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121001T1015Z/
ELMORE AL-
446 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3275 8619 3275 8631 3276 8632 3277 8632
3298 8622 3296 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 206DEG 26KT 3280 8624
$$
ALC037-011015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121001T1015Z/
COOSA AL-
446 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY UNTIL
515 AM CDT...
AT 445 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPEED...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ROCKFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKFORD...PENTONVILLE...COTTAGE GROVE...CREWSVILLE AND HISSOP.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3275 8619 3275 8631 3276 8632 3277 8632
3298 8622 3296 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 206DEG 26KT 3280 8624
$$
GRANTHAM358
WWUS54 KBMX 011001
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
501 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
ALC037-011011-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121001T1015Z/
COOSA AL-
501 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COOSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3275 8619 3275 8631 3276 8632 3277 8632
3298 8622 3296 8605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 206DEG 26KT 3290 8618
$$
GRANTHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 53 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.