Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 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
- May 13, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086
WFUS54 KHUN 132241
TORHUN
ALC083-132300-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0024.120513T2241Z-120513T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
541 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 539 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8
MILES WEST OF BELLE MINA...OR ABOUT NEAR DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
BELLE MINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 8683 3458 8689 3458 8692 3461 8697
3465 8704 3465 8705 3467 8709 3469 8710
3475 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 292DEG 6KT 3468 8702
$$
CA2 follow-up statements
895
WWUS54 KHUN 132252
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012
ALC083-132300-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120513T2300Z/
LIMESTONE AL-
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 548 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BELLE MINA...OR ABOUT NEAR
DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOORESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 8684 3458 8689 3458 8691 3459 8694
3464 8702 3465 8704 3466 8707 3472 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 292DEG 6KT 3467 8700
$$
CA099
WWUS54 KHUN 132258
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012
ALC083-132308-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120513T2300Z/
LIMESTONE AL-
558 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
600 PM CDT...
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 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.
LAT...LON 3468 8684 3458 8689 3458 8691 3459 8694
3464 8702 3465 8704 3466 8707 3472 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 292DEG 6KT 3467 8699
$$
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 49 min |
| May 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 45 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Morgan | 16 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 47 min |
| May 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Morgan | 24 min |
| May 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.