Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 2:47 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2012, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 3:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Excel, AL | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND DOWNED POWERLINES ALONG HWY 136 EAST OF EXCEL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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.
523 WUUS54 KMOB 031947 SVRMOB ALC035-053-099-032045- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0109.120703T1947Z-120703T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRISCO CITY...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REPTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEGARGEL... EXCEL... REPTON... I65 AND CR 6... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 86. THE STORM WAS MOSTLY OVER RURAL AREAS. LAT...LON 3133 8707 3122 8740 3139 8749 3153 8718 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 351DEG 3KT 3136 8730 $$
1 follow-up statement
765 WWUS54 KMOB 032019 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 319 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ALC035-053-099-032029- /O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-120703T2045Z/ CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL- 319 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES... AT 317 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3133 8707 3122 8740 3139 8749 3153 8718 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 180DEG 0KT 3136 8730 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Jul 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.