Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
651 WUUS54 KMOB 142214 SVRMOB ALC003-142315- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0102.120614T2214Z-120614T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 514 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 509 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF I65 AND AL 287...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I65 AND AL 59... I65 AND AL 287... BAY MINETTE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 42. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL TO THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3084 8791 3107 8774 3090 8762 3076 8776 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 128DEG 5KT 3088 8775 $$
2 follow-up statements
700 WWUS54 KMOB 142220 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 520 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ALC003-142315- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120614T2315Z/ BALDWIN AL- 520 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR BAY MINETTE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF I65 AND AL 287...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I65 AND AL 59... I65 AND AL 287... BAY MINETTE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 42. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3084 8791 3107 8774 3090 8762 3076 8776 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 134DEG 6KT 3089 8776 $$
373 WWUS54 KMOB 142258 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 558 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ALC003-142306- /O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120614T2315Z/ BALDWIN AL- 558 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 555 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3084 8791 3107 8774 3090 8762 3076 8776 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 134DEG 6KT 3093 8781 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.