Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2012, 1:40 PM CST for Houston County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 1, 2012, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Cottonwood, AL | ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME IN COTTONWOOD AL., AND A SIGN BLOWN DOWN. |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Lovetown, AL | A FEW TREES DOWN. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053
WUUS52 KTAE 011940
SVRTAE
ALC069-012015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0045.120301T1940Z-120301T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
140 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 137 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTONWOOD...OR NEAR
HODGESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ASHFORD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8511 3117 8510 3114 8506 3109 8503
3102 8500 3100 8500 3100 8545 3118 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 270DEG 32KT 3109 8534
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
419
WWUS52 KTAE 011950
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012
ALC069-012015-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120301T2015Z/
HOUSTON AL-
150 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 146 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOVETOWN...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GRANGEBURG...PANSEY...HARMON...GORDON...CROSBY...LUCY AND
CHATTAHOOCHEE SP
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3116 8510 3114 8506 3109 8503 3102 8500
3100 8500 3101 8533 3118 8537 3119 8519
3119 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 270DEG 32KT 3110 8524
$$
42-DVD642
WWUS52 KTAE 012001
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
201 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012
ALC069-012015-
/O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120301T2015Z/
HOUSTON AL-
201 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 156 PM CST...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 HARMON...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GORDON...CROSBY AND LUCY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3118 8517 3117 8512 3114 8506 3112 8506
3109 8503 3103 8500 3100 8500 3104 8524
3118 8530 3119 8517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 270DEG 32KT 3111 8516
$$
42-DVDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 11:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 11:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Geneva | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry, Houston | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.