Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 4:50 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2007, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 5:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Covington County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 122150
SVRMOB
ALC039-122245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0087.070612T2150Z-070612T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEARVIEW...ROSE HILL...RED LEVEL...GANTT...EODA...HEATH...RIVER
FALLS...LOANGO...SANFORD...BABBIE...BECK AND LIBERTYVILLE
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3152 8641 3152 8670 3146 8670 3141 8665
3135 8670 3120 8670 3124 8629 3145 8628
3153 8628 3145 8641
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 122203
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
501 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
ALC039-122245-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-070612T2245Z/
COVINGTON AL-
501 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF RIVER FALLS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ANDALUSIA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CLEARVIEW...LOANGO...GANTT...ROSE HILL...RIVER FALLS...HEATH...
BECK...EODA...CAROLINA...SANFORD...LIBERTYVILLE AND BABBIE
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3152 8641 3152 8670 3146 8670 3141 8665
3135 8670 3120 8670 3124 8629 3145 8628
3153 8628 3145 8641
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 122239
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
ALC039-122250-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-070612T2245Z/
COVINGTON AL-
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3152 8641 3152 8670 3146 8670 3141 8665
3135 8670 3120 8670 3124 8629 3145 8628
3153 8628 3145 8641
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.