Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2012, 11:13 PM CST for Coffee County, Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WUUS52 KTAE 260513 SVRTAE ALC031-045-260545- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0424.121226T0513Z-121226T0545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1113 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1145 PM CST * AT 1112 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARITON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ELBA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLOWERS CROSSROADS TO BASIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW BROCKTON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. && LAT...LON 3132 8620 3162 8603 3162 8556 3136 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 234DEG 43KT 3167 8582 3135 8608 $$ 08-LAMERS
2 follow-up statements
596 WWUS52 KTAE 260530 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1130 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALC031-045-260545- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-121226T0545Z/ COFFEE AL-DALE AL- 1130 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES... AT 1126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HWY 231 PEA RIVER BRIDGE TO RICHBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TABERNACLE...CLINTONVILLE...ROCKY HEAD...SHELL ARMY FIELD...CAMP ALAFLO...BARNES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3133 8608 3162 8596 3162 8556 3136 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 234DEG 43KT 3170 8572 3137 8593 $$ 08-LAMERS
390 WWUS52 KTAE 260548 RRA SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1148 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALC031-045-260558- /O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0424.000000T0000Z-121226T0545Z/ COFFEE AL-DALE AL- 1148 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DALE AND NORTHEASTERN COFFEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...OBSERVATIONS...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT THE LINE OF STORMS IN SOUTHAEST ALABAMA HAS LIKELY WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECENT DAMAGE REPORTS OR WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AS IT MOVES EAST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3133 8608 3162 8596 3162 8556 3136 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 234DEG 43KT 3167 8569 3134 8591 $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 7:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 18 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 63 min |
| Dec 25, 10:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Geneva | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 11:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry | 60 min |
| Dec 26, 12:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry, Houston | 54 min |
| Dec 26, 1:09 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 14 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.