Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2012, 7:59 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 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
- Oct 14, 2012, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 8:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lamar County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WFUS54 KBMX 150059
TORBMX
ALC075-150130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0038.121015T0059Z-121015T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
759 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
SULLIGENT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SULLIGENT...CREWS...BEAVERTON...PINE SPRINGS AND HENSON SPRINGS.
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 3398 8822 3406 8803 3405 8799 3402 8799
3402 8795 3389 8795 3385 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 257DEG 25KT 3391 8825
$$
561 follow-up statement
390
WWUS54 KBMX 150117
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
817 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
ALC075-150126-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-121015T0130Z/
LAMAR AL-
817 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3398 8822 3406 8803 3405 8799 3402 8799
3402 8795 3389 8795 3385 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 257DEG 25KT 3393 8811
$$
56The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Oct 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Oct 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Oct 14, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 2 hr |
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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.