Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 12:28 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:28 AM CST (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 12:49 AM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lauderdale County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
151
WFUS54 KHUN 230628
TORHUN
ALC077-230700-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.120123T0628Z-120123T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1228 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CST
* AT 1224 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAKLAND...
OR ABOUT NEAR SHEFFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF FLORENCE.
SAINT FLORIAN.
GREEN HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8734 3482 8757 3482 8759 3480 8759
3478 8770 3474 8776 3483 8787 3501 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 225DEG 55KT 3483 8772
$$
BCC2 follow-up statements
569
WWUS54 KHUN 230636
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1236 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
ALC077-230700-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0700Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
1236 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...
AT 1233 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAINT FLORIAN...OR
ABOUT NEAR UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREEN
HILL...AND HIGHWAY 43 NEAR THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8734 3482 8757 3482 8759 3481 8759
3480 8760 3486 8777 3501 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 229DEG 60KT 3491 8759
$$
BCC661
WWUS54 KHUN 230649
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1249 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
ALC077-230659-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0700Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
1249 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS CANCELED...
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3500 8734 3482 8757 3482 8759 3481 8759
3480 8760 3486 8777 3501 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 229DEG 60KT 3504 8738
$$
BCCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Jan 23, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jan 23, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 26 min |
| Jan 23, 12:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 37 min |
| Jan 23, 1:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Jan 23, 1:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 27 min |
| Jan 23, 2:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 34 min |
| Jan 23, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 3:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 23 min |
| Jan 23, 4:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 4:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 42 min |
| Jan 23, 4:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 5:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 5:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 7:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 28 hr |
| Jan 23, 7:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 5 days |
| Jan 23, 8:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 43 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 9 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 20 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.