Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 1:52 PM CDT for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 8, 2012, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319
WUUS52 KTAE 081852
SVRTAE
ALC069-081915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0366.120808T1852Z-120808T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
152 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 149 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOTHAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBB
AND COWARTS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3126 8518 3105 8534 3113 8548 3120 8548
3128 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 301DEG 8KT 3121 8539
$$
08-LAMERS1 follow-up statement
793
WWUS52 KTAE 081914
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
214 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
ALC069-081923-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-120808T1915Z/
HOUSTON AL-
214 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTINUE TO AFFECT HOUSTON COUNTY WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND
LIGHTNING THROUGH 3 PM CDT.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
(8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3126 8518 3105 8534 3113 8548 3120 8548
3128 8540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 301DEG 8KT 3119 8534
$$
08-LAMERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Houston | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 15 min |
| Aug 8, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Geneva | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 115 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.