Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:35 AM CST for Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 10 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, 9:35 AM CST (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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, 9:40 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Athens, AL | |
| Mar 2, 9:43 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 S Hazel Green, AL | 50 MPH WINDS WITH POWER LINES SPARKING...ROTATION REPORTED. TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND |
| Mar 2, 9:47 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 N Meridianville, AL | POWER LINES DOWN ON CAR |
| Mar 2, 9:49 AM CST | TORNADO | 6 Nw Huntsville, AL | RESEARCH PARK BLVD AND DAN TIBBS...FUNNEL CLOUD |
| Mar 2, 9:56 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 Sse Harvest, AL | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT NICK DAVID AND JEFF RD. |
| Mar 2, 10:01 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Meridianville, AL | RAIN WRAP TORNADO |
| Mar 2, 10:03 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Sse Harvest, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NICK DAVIS AND JEFF ROAD. |
| Mar 2, 10:05 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Meridianville, AL | |
| Mar 2, 10:06 AM CST | TORNADO 2 | 1 E Meridianville, AL | AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE MADISON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN MERIDIANVILLE AND TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST FOR 7.3 MILES BEFORE LIFTING JUST EAST OF BUCKHORN HIGH SCHOOL. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG DARWIN ROAD AND MOORES MILL R |
| Mar 2, 10:07 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 E Meridianville, AL | RAIN WRAP TORNADO |
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, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
751
WFUS54 KHUN 021535
TORHUN
ALC083-089-021600-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0005.120302T1535Z-120302T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
935 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CST
* AT 935 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TANNER...OR
ABOUT NEAR ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
FRENCH MILL.
CAPSHAW.
HARVEST.
HARVEST.
MERIDIANVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3476 8646 3464 8701 3465 8705 3479 8714
3499 8661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 249DEG 44KT 3475 8698
$$
KDW2 follow-up statements
213
WWUS54 KHUN 021544
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
944 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC083-089-021600-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T1600Z/
LIMESTONE AL-MADISON AL-
944 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND EAST CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTIES...
AT 943 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRENCH MILL JUST
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CAPSHAW...HARVEST...TONEY...RYLAND...ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...
MOORES MILL AND MERIDIANVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3469 8693 3473 8700 3483 8700 3499 8661
3476 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 249DEG 44KT 3478 8687
$$
KDW842
WWUS54 KHUN 021552
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
952 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC083-089-021600-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T1600Z/
LIMESTONE AL-MADISON AL-
952 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND EAST CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTIES...
AT 951 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPSHAW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF
MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
AT 951...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 72 AT
FRENCH MILL.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARVEST...TONEY...RYLAND...ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...MOORES MILL
AND MERIDIANVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8681 3476 8688 3486 8685 3499 8661
3476 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 249DEG 44KT 3481 8675
$$
KDWThe 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, 9:41 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, 4:00 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 |
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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.