Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coffee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:01 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Brooklyn, AL | SEVERAL REPORTS OF A TORNDAO RECIEVED WEST OF BROOKLYN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
176 WUUS52 KTAE 022243 SVRTAE ALC031-022315- /O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0049.120302T2243Z-120302T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 443 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 441 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 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBA...OR NEAR BABBIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RHOADES...PERRY STORE...BROOKLYN...ALBERTON...BASIN...INO...NEW HAVEN...CARL FOLSOM AIRPORT...GOODMAN...ASBURY...DAMASCUS AND TURNER CROSSROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA AND THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME ROTATION. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3146 8599 3125 8591 3123 8620 3137 8620 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 248DEG 30KT 3126 8628 $$ 08-LAMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 4:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Coffee | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Covington | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Geneva | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.