Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:06 PM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 11 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 2, 2012, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:07 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Allsboro, AL | QUARTER AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED |
| Mar 2, 2:10 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | Mt Hester, AL | DIME SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND |
| Mar 2, 2:15 PM CST | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Ese Cherokee, AL | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN BARTON |
| Mar 2, 2:18 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Cherokee, AL | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 2:30 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 Ese Cherokee, AL | QUARATER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Florence, AL | SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN NORTH OF FLORENCE |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 5 N Florence, AL | PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF FLORENCE |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Florence, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Nnw Florence, AL | HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN FLORENCE |
| Mar 2, 2:35 PM CST | HAIL 4.25 | Florence, AL | SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 2:40 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Nnw Florence, AL | PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WUUS54 KHUN 022006
SVRHUN
ALC033-077-022030-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0019.120302T2006Z-120302T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
206 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 201 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MAUD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF IUKA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARTON...CHEROKEE...
PRIDE LANDING...
OAKLAND...SHEFFIELD...
FLORENCE...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MARIETTA
MISSISSIPPI WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8754 3480 8743 3458 8809 3458 8812
3462 8814 3477 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 246DEG 49KT 3469 8806
$$
BCC1 follow-up statement
778 WWUS54 KHUN 022020 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 220 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC033-077-022030- /O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/ COLBERT AL-LAUDERDALE AL- 220 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND NORTHERN COLBERT COUNTIES... AT 218 PM CST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEROKEE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF IUKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRIDE LANDING...OAKLAND...FORD CITY...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...SAINT FLORIAN...SHEFFIELD...MUSCLE SHOALS...KILLEN AND FLORENCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER...BASEMENT...OR STURDY STRUCTURE IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3501 8754 3480 8743 3465 8804 3476 8810 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 246DEG 49KT 3476 8789 $$ BCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 9:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 9:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 1:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Morgan | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 18 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.