Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638
WUUS54 KMOB 022049
SVRMOB
ALC003-022145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0104.120702T2049Z-120702T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
349 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 344 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOXLEY...OR 4
MILES WEST OF SILVERHILL...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILVERHILL... POINT CLEAR... FAIRHOPE...
DAPHNE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONTINUOUS 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 3041 8792 3047 8793 3049 8794 3054 8791
3061 8792 3062 8780 3055 8774 3039 8782
3038 8782 3039 8782 3037 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 049DEG 7KT 3055 8782
$$1 follow-up statement
420
WWUS54 KMOB 022136
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
436 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
ALC003-022146-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-120702T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-
436 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 436 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3041 8792 3047 8793 3049 8794 3054 8791
3061 8792 3062 8780 3055 8774 3039 8782
3038 8782 3039 8782 3037 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 049DEG 7KT 3049 8790
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 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.