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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 31, 2012, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 31, 8:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Red Bay, AL | NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RED BAY AND VINA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202
WUUS54 KHUN 010112
SVRHUN
ALC059-010200-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0095.120401T0112Z-120401T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
812 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...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
PLEASANT SITE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED BAY...
VINA...
ATWOOD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8816 3448 8816 3457 8815 3457 8796
3431 8797 3431 8806 3432 8817 3432 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 003DEG 22KT 3448 8810
$$
SL3 follow-up statements
165
WWUS54 KHUN 010123
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
823 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
ALC059-010200-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120401T0200Z/
FRANKLIN AL-
823 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RED BAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VINA
AND ATWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8816 3448 8816 3454 8815 3454 8797
3431 8797 3431 8806 3432 8817 3432 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 003DEG 22KT 3441 8810
$$
SL335
WWUS54 KHUN 010145
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
845 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
ALC059-010200-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120401T0200Z/
FRANKLIN AL-
845 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RED BAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATWOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8816 3448 8816 3454 8815 3454 8797
3431 8797 3431 8806 3432 8817 3432 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 005DEG 10KT 3439 8811
$$
SL648
WWUS54 KHUN 010157
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
857 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
ALC059-010207-
/O.EXP.KHUN.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120401T0200Z/
FRANKLIN AL-
857 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT...
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3447 8816 3448 8816 3454 8815 3454 8797
3431 8797 3431 8806 3432 8817 3432 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 005DEG 10KT 3436 8811
$$
SLWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 31, 7:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 740 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012/ A MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE REGION REMAINS SITUATED BETWEEN A MID-TROPOSPHERIC HIGH -- EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS -- AND A BROAD LONG WAVE TROUGH ACROSS QUEBEC. A PRONOUNCED MID-LEVEL VORT MAX EMBEDDED IN THIS FLOW REGIME -- CURRENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE OHIO RIVER AND THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES -- WILL DIG SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...FORCING WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD IN NORTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW OF 20-30 KNOTS. WILL CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS BETWEEN 01/00-02Z TO INDICATE ACTIVITY DISSIPATING EARLY THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH MOST SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER WEAK MID-LEVEL WAVE WHICH MAY AID IN THE REGENERATION OF SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT. FOG WILL BE A CONCERN ONCE AGAIN...WITH BOTH COVERAGE AND DENSITY HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECEIVED TODAY. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA/SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TOMORROW...AS A HIGH-AMPLITUDE RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST AND FORECAST TO GRADUALLY MOVE EASTWARD...BECOMING CENTERED ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BY LATE SUNDAY. THIS WILL FURTHER LIMIT THE THREAT FOR AFTERNOON SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ALTHOUGH STRONG DIURNAL HEATING MAY FORCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION BOTH AFTERNOONS. A LIGHTER AND MORE WESTERLY STEERING FLOW OF 15-20 KNOTS TOMORROW MAY ALSO ALLOW SOME STORMS TO SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN FORECAST ZONES FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ONCE AGAIN...STEEP LOW TO MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE VALUES OF CAPE NOTED ON POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN IMPACTS. OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION... HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE VERY WARM...PERHAPS BREACHING RECORD LEVELS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ZONES. FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT...THE THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL MAINTAIN ITS POSITION FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND WILL INTENSIFY AS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WESTERN CONUS TROUGH CUTS OFF INTO AN UPPER LOW WHICH SHOULD TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON MONDAY. ASIDE FROM ISOLATED STORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...THIS WILL MAINTAIN DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS...WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY. SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MAY REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 90 DEGREES ON BOTH SUNDAY/MONDAY AFTERNOONS. IT APPEARS THAT THE MID- LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN BY MONDAY NIGHT...AS A LEAD IMPULSE EJECTS NORTHEASTWARD FROM EAST TEXAS IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LOW SHIFTING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. AS THIS LEAD IMPULSE LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN. MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS FROM THE ECMWF/GFS/GEM HAVE RECENTLY COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT REGARDING THE STRENGTH AND MOVEMENT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS UPPER LOW TOWARD THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THIS FEATURE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCELERATING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...AS MID-LEVEL RIDGING STRENGTHENS FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS DOWNSTREAM FROM ANOTHER LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVING ONTO THE PACIFIC COAST. ALTHOUGH THE GFS IS FURTHER TO THE NORTH WITH THE TRACK OF THIS FEATURE THAN THE ECMWF... BOTH MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE LOW WILL DIG SOUTHEASTWARD NEAR OR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS WILL EXIST AS THIS FEATURE -- AND A WEAK ACCOMPANYING SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT -- APPROACH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...THERE APPEARS TO BE LITTLE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT/ORGANIZED CONVECTION AS LOWER TROPOSPHERIC WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE...GENERALLY LESS THAN 30 KNOTS. HOWEVER...MID-LEVEL FLOW AND THE THREAT FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY INCREASE ON THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION SOMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING...ENDING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND USHERING A SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR MASS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. 70/DD && .AVIATION... FOR 00Z TAFS...TSRA CONTINUE TO PUSH SSEWD ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...BUT WILL ONLY LEAVE VCTS/CB IN FORECAST THRU 01/04Z DUE TO WIDELY SCT COVERAGE. BKN TO OVC DECKS OF AC/CS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...ALLOWING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BR/FG. HAVE FORECAST MVFR VSBY /5SM BR/ AS PREVAILING COND ATTM...WITH TEMPO FOR IFR CIG/VSBY AT HSV BTWN 01/10-13Z...WHERE MORE RAINFALL WAS EXPERIENCED EARLIER TODAY. ANY VSBY REDUCTIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 01/14Z...WITH SCT HIGH-BASED CU AND SCT CI EXPECTED TOMORROW. A FEW SHRA/TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE -- MAINLY AFTER 01/18Z -- AND INCLUDED CB IN CLOUD GROUP FOR THIS. LGT/VRBL SURFACE WINDS WILL ASSUME A MORE SSWLY COMPONENT OVERNIGHT...WITH SW WINDS 5-10 KNOTS ANTICIPATED TOMORROW. 70/DD && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:57 PM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1257 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1257 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTH TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...TRIGGERING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERAL SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REPORTS OF HAIL AND WINDS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. CCC/JLL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
712 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S CADDO 34.51N 87.15W
03/31/2012 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A BARN WAS DESTROYED.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Mar 31, 7:14 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
714 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM HAIL 5 S ARDMORE 34.92N 86.85W
03/31/2012 E1.25 INCH LIMESTONE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Mar 31, 7:15 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
715 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM HAIL ENE ELKMONT 34.93N 86.97W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Mar 31, 7:23 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
723 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0559 PM TSTM WND DMG THREET 34.95N 87.83W
03/31/2012 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Mar 31, 7:25 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
725 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0652 PM HAIL 5 SW ARDMORE 34.94N 86.90W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LIMESTONE AL AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 362.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Mar 31, 7:26 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
726 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 2 ENE CHESTNUT RIDGE 35.35N 86.50W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH MOORE TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE CHESTNUT RIDGE COMMUNITY.
0400 PM HAIL KELSO 35.13N 86.47W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LINCOLN TN PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0415 PM HAIL LESTER 34.99N 87.15W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0423 PM HAIL SW MT ROZELL 34.93N 87.14W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 99 JUST SOUTH
OF LESTER.
0439 PM HAIL 1 SE CARTWRIGHT 34.87N 87.05W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0445 PM HAIL COXEY 34.80N 87.18W
03/31/2012 E0.88 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
0448 PM HAIL 2 NW ATHENS 34.82N 87.00W
03/31/2012 E1.25 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
0450 PM HAIL COXEY 34.80N 87.18W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0452 PM HAIL 5 NNE ROGERSVILLE 34.90N 87.28W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0452 PM HAIL 2 N RIPLEY 34.80N 87.12W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE REPORTED.
0453 PM HAIL 1 W COXEY 34.80N 87.20W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0455 PM HAIL 3 E COXEY 34.80N 87.13W
03/31/2012 E2.00 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FROM QUARTER TO HEN EGG SIZE WAS REPORTED COVERING
THE GROUND.
0456 PM HAIL 1 N ANDERSON 34.94N 87.27W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LAUDERDALE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0457 PM HAIL 6 W ATHENS 34.80N 87.07W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0457 PM HAIL ROGERSVILLE 34.83N 87.29W
03/31/2012 E0.88 INCH LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0500 PM HAIL 1 W COXEY 34.80N 87.20W
03/31/2012 E0.88 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
0505 PM HAIL RIPLEY 34.76N 87.12W
03/31/2012 E2.50 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0507 PM HAIL COXEY 34.80N 87.18W
03/31/2012 E1.25 INCH LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0520 PM HAIL PETERSBURG 35.32N 86.64W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LINCOLN TN EMERGENCY MNGR
0528 PM HAIL ARAB 34.32N 86.50W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH MARSHALL AL BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ARAB.
0533 PM HAIL 6 WSW GOOD HOPE 34.08N 86.95W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW HYATT 34.22N 86.36W
03/31/2012 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TWO 3 TO 4 FOOT IN DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN. NO INJURIES
OR ROADS BLOCKED.
0539 PM HAIL 5 S ARDMORE 34.92N 86.85W
03/31/2012 E1.25 INCH LIMESTONE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ARDMORE.
0539 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 S CADDO 34.51N 87.15W
03/31/2012 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A BARN WAS DESTROYED.
0542 PM HAIL TRINITY 34.61N 87.09W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH MORGAN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
0543 PM HAIL CADDO 34.57N 87.14W
03/31/2012 E0.88 INCH LAWRENCE AL AMATEUR RADIO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CADDO.
0551 PM HAIL TOWN CREEK 34.68N 87.41W
03/31/2012 E0.50 INCH LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0554 PM HAIL THREET 34.95N 87.83W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0559 PM TSTM WND DMG THREET 34.95N 87.83W
03/31/2012 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. WINDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH.
0603 PM HAIL 4 W BASHAM 34.52N 87.08W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0604 PM HAIL SPEAKE 34.42N 87.17W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SPEAKE.
0604 PM TSTM WND DMG SPEAKE 34.42N 87.17W
03/31/2012 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN.
0604 PM HAIL 3 NNW FLORENCE 34.85N 87.69W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N SPEAKE 34.47N 87.16W
03/31/2012 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN.
0616 PM HAIL MASSEY 34.37N 87.02W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
FREEMAN ROAD.
0624 PM HAIL RIVERTON 34.88N 88.08W
03/31/2012 E4.25 INCH COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT TVA CAMPGROUND IN THE
RIVERTON AREA.
0627 PM HAIL MOULTON 34.48N 87.29W
03/31/2012 E1.25 INCH LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE MOULTON EOC.
0631 PM HAIL MOULTON 34.48N 87.29W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LAWRENCE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL WAS REPORTED.
0632 PM HAIL MOULTON 34.48N 87.29W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LAWRENCE AL TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON CR 59 APPROXIMATELY 3
MILES SW OF MOULTON.
0649 PM HAIL ENE ELKMONT 34.93N 86.97W
03/31/2012 E1.75 INCH LIMESTONE AL BROADCAST MEDIA
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0652 PM HAIL 5 SW ARDMORE 34.94N 86.90W
03/31/2012 E1.00 INCH LIMESTONE AL AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 362.
0654 PM HAIL 5 W GOOD HOPE 34.11N 86.95W
03/31/2012 E2.50 INCH CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
&&
KWEBERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 14 min |
| Mar 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 43 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.