Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM CST for Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lawrence County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 4:18 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Flint City, AL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR AUSTINVILLE RD. |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | W Hartselle, AL | ROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HWY 36 AND HWY 31 |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933
WUUS54 KHUN 022200
SVRHUN
ALC079-103-022230-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0024.120302T2200Z-120302T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
400 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 359 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPEAKE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEEL...
FLINT CITY...BASHAM...
PRICEVILLE...
SOMERVILLE...
VALHERMOSO SPRINGS...LACEYS SPRING...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8725 3460 8695 3456 8684 3455 8676
3459 8671 3458 8668 3456 8668 3455 8666
3455 8664 3457 8663 3454 8655 3453 8655
3434 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 245DEG 45KT 3443 8712
$$2 follow-up statements
204
WWUS54 KHUN 022210
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
410 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC079-022220-
/O.CAN.KHUN.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
LAWRENCE AL-
410 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY
IS CANCELED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3439 8711 3454 8711 3460 8695 3456 8684
3455 8676 3459 8671 3458 8668 3456 8668
3455 8666 3455 8664 3457 8662 3454 8655
3453 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 245DEG 45KT 3448 8700
$$
ALC103-022230-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
MORGAN AL-
410 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEEL...OR ABOUT NEAR HARTSELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLINT
CITY...PRICEVILLE...SOMERVILLE...VALHERMOSO SPRINGS AND LACEYS
SPRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8711 3454 8711 3460 8695 3456 8684
3455 8676 3459 8671 3458 8668 3456 8668
3455 8666 3455 8664 3457 8662 3454 8655
3453 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 245DEG 45KT 3448 8700
$$018
WWUS54 KHUN 022231
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
431 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC103-022241-
/O.EXP.KHUN.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
MORGAN AL-
431 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 430 PM CST...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CST.
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3439 8711 3454 8711 3460 8695 3456 8684
3455 8676 3459 8671 3458 8668 3456 8668
3455 8666 3455 8664 3457 8662 3454 8655
3453 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 245DEG 45KT 3448 8700
$$
BCCThe 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, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 24 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, 4:10 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 |
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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.