Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 3:55 PM CDT for Coffee County, Geneva County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 4:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Geneva County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
341 WUUS52 KTAE 082055 SVRTAE ALC031-061-082145- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0367.120808T2055Z-120808T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 355 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN GENEVA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 354 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 KINSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWERY...WEEKS...INO...HOLLEY STORE...PERA...FAIRVIEW AND PINEY GROVE 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 8620 3129 8601 3111 8601 3114 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 277DEG 6KT 3120 8615 $$ 08-LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
257 WWUS52 KTAE 082120 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 ALC031-061-082129- /O.CAN.KTAE.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-120808T2145Z/ COFFEE AL-GENEVA AL- 420 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GENEVA AND SOUTHWESTERN COFFEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST GENEVA COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM CDT. RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. LAT...LON 3126 8620 3129 8601 3111 8601 3114 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 277DEG 6KT 3119 8610 $$ 08-LAMERS
The 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, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 23 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, 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.