Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 11:55 AM CST for Covington 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 12, 2002, 11:55 AM CST (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2002, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Covington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 11:55 AM CST | Hail 1.75 | Red Level, AL | Golfball hail was reported near Red level. No damage was reported. |
| Mar 12, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Andalusia, AL | Trees and power lines were blown down near Andalusia. The high winds also damaged a couple of outbuildings. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 121755
SVRMOB
ALC039-121830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1154 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 1154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND PUBLIC
REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF
SOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLEARVIEW...EODA BY NOON CST
ROSE HILL BY 1205 PM CST
STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3142 8665 3115 8647 3138 8623 3149 8645
3151 8658The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 12, 10:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 12, 12:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Mar 12, 1:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Mar 12, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 2:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 68 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 3:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 113 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.