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March 2, 2012 · Geneva County · 2012
EF0

March 2, 2012

6:17 PM
Geneva County, Alabama · Near Enterprise (ZIP 36340)
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Path Length
0.1 mi
Max Width
25 yd
DateMarch 2, 2012
Time6:17 PM
CountyGeneva
CityEnterprise
Property Loss$0
Crop Loss$0
SourceNCEI 359467
NWS Birmingham

0.5 N Dundee This tornado was seen by at least two people. One person was driving along Highway 52 near Hartford, and the other person who was an instructor pilot out of Ft. Rucker saw it touch down briefly in a peanut field for around 1 minute. No known damage occurred. Start: 31.1271/-85.6690 End: 31.1275/-85.6679

NWS EF Scale: F0 Polygon

Event Narrative

This tornado was seen by at least two people. One person was driving along Highway 52 near Hartford, and the other person who was an instructor pilot out of Ft. Rucker saw it touch down briefly in a peanut field for around 1 minute. No known damage occurred.

Episode Narrative

Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward. Subtle surface boundaries were also in the area with a relatively warm, moist and unstable airmass in place. Instability values approached 2000 j/kg with low level shear around 30 knots and deep layer shear around 50 knots. Several tornadoes occurred in the National Weather Service Tallahassee forecast area with numerous instances of straight line wind damage, heavy rain, and localized flooding as well.

Outbreak Context

Part of 12-tornado outbreak on March 2, 2012

Shared Episode Narrative

Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward. Subtle surface boundaries were also in the area with a relatively warm, moist and unstable airmass in place. Instability values approached 2000 j/kg with low level shear around 30 knots and deep layer shear around 50 knots. Several tornadoes occurred in the National Weather Service Tallahassee forecast area with numerous instances of straight line wind damage, heavy rain, and localized flooding as well.

Source Data
NCEI Event ID: 359467

See Also

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