Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Mar 12, 2001, 11:11 AM CST (17:11 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2001, 11:45 AM CST

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mobile County, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

929 
WUUS54 KMOB 121713
SVRMOB
ALC097-121745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1111 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1111 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF PINEOLA TO 5
  MILES NORTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GULFCREST BY 1115 AM CST
  GEORGETOWN...PINEOLA BY 1120 AM CST
  CHUNCHULA...FORT STODDARD BY 1125 AM CST
  BUCKS...CHASTANG BY 1130 AM CST

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.  IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3115 8814 3089 8842 3078 8804 3114 8796

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 12, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
950 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

NEW TORNADO WATCH #60 COVERS ALL OF SE MS AND SW AL.  BECOMING
INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT FAIRLY HIGH HELICITY VALUES IN REGION
OF DEEPLY VEERED BNDRY LAYER WINDS OVER THIS REGION OVER NEXT 3 TO 6
HRS.  UPDATED ZONES ALREADY SENT.  COASTAL MARINE RUNNING A BIT LATE
DUE TO GETTING THE NEW WATCH BOX OUT.  MARINE PACKAGE OUT ASAP.

/05

.MOB...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ655-675.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

ALZ039-051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS A DEEPLY
SATURATED AIRMASS FOR PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND DRIER AIR PUNCHING INTO THE MID LEVELS WILL
CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE FURTHER TODAY FOR THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER.  AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
POSTED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY.
DUE TO HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.