Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 10:10 AM CST for Jackson County, Alabama; Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, AL, Franklin County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
039
WFUS54 KHUN 021610
TORHUN
ALC071-TNC051-021645-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0009.120302T1610Z-120302T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1010 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST
* AT 1010 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR FRANCISCO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
JERICHO.
COWAN.
SHERWOOD.
ST. ANDREWS.
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 3522 8586 3500 8586 3492 8628 3494 8630
3492 8627 3494 8626 3495 8628 3499 8632
3506 8632 3525 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 245DEG 48KT 3501 8621
$$
KDW2 follow-up statements
258
WWUS54 KHUN 021618
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1018 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC071-TNC051-021645-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T1645Z/
JACKSON AL-FRANKLIN TN-
1018 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 1017 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANCISCO...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE IN LIMESTONE AND
MADISON COUNTIES. ANOTHER TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM IS
FOLLOWING QUICKLY BEHIND...SO BE ALERT FOR FOLLOWING TORNADO
WARNINGS THIS MORNING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JERICHO...COWAN...SHERWOOD...SEWANEE AND ST. ANDREWS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3522 8586 3500 8586 3492 8628 3494 8630
3492 8627 3494 8626 3495 8628 3499 8632
3506 8632 3525 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 246DEG 41KT 3503 8614
$$
KDW352
WWUS54 KHUN 021631
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1031 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC071-TNC051-021645-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120302T1645Z/
JACKSON AL-FRANKLIN TN-
1031 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 1030 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
SHERWOOD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE SEWANEE AREA.
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 3500 8586 3494 8615 3496 8622 3500 8625
3507 8623 3522 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 246DEG 41KT 3509 8597
$$
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, 9:35 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, 10:24 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 |
| Mar 2, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 9 min |
| Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 19 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.