Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2012, 8:57 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
- Sep 3, 2012, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
149
WUUS52 KTAE 040157
SVRTAE
ALC031-040245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0394.120904T0157Z-120904T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
857 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 852 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 12 MILES NORTH OF ELBA...OR NEAR BLUFF
SPRING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA BY 915 PM CDT...
NEW BROCKTON BY 930 PM CDT...
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 3153 8619 3154 8616 3154 8615 3161 8615
3162 8614 3162 8598 3148 8579 3138 8579
3126 8594 3140 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 317DEG 23KT 3156 8607
$$
18-WOOL1 follow-up statement
070
WWUS52 KTAE 040227
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
927 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012
ALC031-040245-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0394.000000T0000Z-120904T0245Z/
COFFEE AL-
927 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR COFFEE COUNTY...
AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND GROVE
CHURCH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS BY 935 PM CDT...
CLINTONVILLE...NEW BROCKTON AND TABERNACLE BY 940 PM CDT...
SHELL ARMY FIELD AND 7 MILES NORTH OF ENTERPRISE MUNICIPAL A/P BY
945 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3154 8616 3154 8615 3161 8615
3162 8614 3162 8598 3148 8579 3138 8579
3126 8594 3140 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 308DEG 18KT 3145 8595
$$
18-WOOLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 67 min |
| Sep 3, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 64 min |
| Sep 4, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 34 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Houston | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 3 hr |
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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.