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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 5:08 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 5:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
703
WUUS54 KMOB 022208
SVRMOB
ALC097-022315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0107.120702T2208Z-120702T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
508 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BAYOU LA BATRE...OR
5 MILES SOUTH OF CODEN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...
EASTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...
CENTRAL DAUPHIN ISLAND...
LAT...LON 3023 8832 3026 8823 3034 8826 3035 8824
3026 8823 3033 8822 3026 8820 3026 8813
3030 8813 3032 8816 3031 8820 3034 8821
3036 8811 3029 8813 3024 8807 3024 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 013DEG 6KT 3032 8821
$$1 follow-up statement
698
WWUS54 KMOB 022236
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
536 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
ALC097-022246-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-120702T2315Z/
MOBILE AL-
536 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME
SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 534 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3024 8808 3024 8807 3029 8813 3036 8811
3034 8821 3031 8820 3032 8816 3030 8813
3026 8813 3026 8820 3033 8822 3026 8823
3035 8824 3034 8826 3026 8823 3023 8832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 013DEG 6KT 3027 8822
$$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, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.