Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 4:31 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Bayou La Batre, AL | TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN AT HWY 188 AND SATSUMA ROAD. HWY 188 CLOSED AT THIS AREA DUE TO POWERLINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
578
WUUS54 KMOB 022131
SVRMOB
ALC097-022230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0106.120702T2131Z-120702T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
431 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 430 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR
THEODORE...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLE FONTAINE...AND MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CODEN... TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE...
I10 AND I65... GRAND BAY... BELLE FONTAINE...
BAYOU LA BATRE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
LAT...LON 3033 8827 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8830
3036 8831 3049 8841 3055 8841 3066 8814
3058 8807 3053 8807 3051 8809 3045 8809
3035 8821 3037 8825 3033 8824 3032 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 055DEG 4KT 3054 8816
$$2 follow-up statements
618
WWUS54 KMOB 022145
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
445 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
ALC097-022230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120702T2230Z/
MOBILE AL-
445 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 440 PM CDT...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH HAS QUICKLY
DEVELOPED AND WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAYOU LA BATRE...OR
NEAR CODEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR THEODORE...OR 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLE FONTAINE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CODEN... TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE...
I10 AND I65... GRAND BAY... BELLE FONTAINE...
BAYOU LA BATRE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
LAT...LON 3033 8827 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8830
3036 8831 3049 8841 3055 8841 3066 8814
3058 8807 3053 8807 3051 8809 3045 8809
3035 8821 3037 8825 3033 8824 3032 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 055DEG 4KT 3037 8822
$$743
WWUS54 KMOB 022216
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
516 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
ALC097-022224-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-120702T2230Z/
MOBILE AL-
516 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION
OF SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY...BUT ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
CONTINUES FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM WHICH
IS PRIMARILY FOR DAUPHIN ISLAND...
AT 511 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOR DAUPHIN
ISLAND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3033 8827 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8830
3036 8831 3049 8841 3055 8841 3066 8814
3058 8807 3053 8807 3051 8809 3045 8809
3035 8821 3037 8825 3033 8824 3032 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 055DEG 4KT 3035 8825
$$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, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.