Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 377, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 3:55 PM CDT for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 14, 2012, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Brockton, AL | 3 TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF NEW BROCKTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
191 WUUS52 KTAE 142055 SVRTAE ALC031-045-142130- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0377.120814T2055Z-120814T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 355 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... WEST CENTRAL DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 430 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 NEW BROCKTON...OR NEAR RICHBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIXONS CROSSROADS...CLINTONVILLE...SHELL ARMY FIELD...TABERNACLE... CAMP ALAFLO BSA...LOWE ARMY HELIPORT AND GREATER SALEM CHURCH. 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 3155 8572 3132 8571 3133 8602 3146 8603 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 258DEG 23KT 3140 8594 $$ 08-LAMERS
1 follow-up statement
809 WWUS52 KTAE 142109 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ALC031-045-142130- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0377.000000T0000Z-120814T2130Z/ COFFEE AL-DALE AL- 409 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL DALE AND EAST CENTRAL COFFEE COUNTIES... AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP ALAFLO BSA... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWE ARMY HELIPORT AND GREATER SALEM CHURCH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3133 8591 3147 8596 3155 8572 3132 8571 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 259DEG 28KT 3142 8580 $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.