Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2012, 5:15 PM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dale County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:30 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Nne Ozark, AL | HAIL REPORTED TO DISPATCH AS ERASURE SIZE NEAR 231 ROY PARKER ROAD |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856
WUUS52 KTAE 212315
SVRTAE
ALC045-212345-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0005.120121T2315Z-120121T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
515 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 511 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OZARK...OR NEAR DILLARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOOPER STAGE FIELD...DILL...PLEASANT HILL...DALE COUNTY LAKE...DEAN
CHURCH ROAD...BLACKWELL FIELD A/P.
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 3160 8576 3160 8575 3159 8574 3158 8566
3154 8542 3130 8542 3139 8579 3160 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 286DEG 24KT 3149 8570
$$
42-DVD2 follow-up statements
283 WWUS52 KTAE 212327 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 527 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ALC045-212345- /O.CON.KTAE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T2345Z/ DALE AL- 527 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL DALE COUNTY... AT 525 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OZARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DALE COUNTY LAKE...DEAN CHURCH ROAD...BEAMON...BLACKWELL FIELD A/P. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3154 8542 3130 8542 3139 8579 3153 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 294DEG 23KT 3146 8565 $$ 42-DVD
836 WWUS52 KTAE 212343 SVSTAE SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 543 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ALC045-212353- /O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120121T2345Z/ DALE AL- 543 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DALE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CST... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL REMAINS POSSIBLE. 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 3154 8542 3130 8542 3139 8579 3153 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 294DEG 23KT 3142 8554 $$ 42-DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale | 36 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.