Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 3:43 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 3, 2012, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 4:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332
WUUS54 KMOB 032043
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-032145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0113.120703T2043Z-120703T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 340 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST
MOBILE AND NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. THIS LINE WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY BUT WAS DEVELOPING SOUTHWESTWARD.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SATSUMA... SARALAND... I65 AND US 43...
I65 AND AL 158... CREOLA... CHICKASAW...
STAPLETON... SPANISH FORT... ROBERTSDALE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 63. THIS
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 24.
LAT...LON 3090 8832 3091 8794 3062 8751 3067 8741
3063 8739 3048 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 198DEG 1KT 3074 8781
$$2 follow-up statements
129
WWUS54 KMOB 032109
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
409 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC097-032118-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
MOBILE AL-
409 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 403 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3073 8802 3078 8802 3079 8799 3081 8798
3083 8794 3085 8795 3088 8799 3091 8796
3091 8794 3062 8751 3067 8741 3063 8739
3048 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 180DEG 0KT 3074 8781
$$
ALC003-032145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-
409 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 403 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS MOVING THROUGH A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD AROUND
5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAPLETON... SPANISH FORT... ROBERTSDALE...
LOXLEY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 63.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3073 8802 3078 8802 3079 8799 3081 8798
3083 8794 3085 8795 3088 8799 3091 8796
3091 8794 3062 8751 3067 8741 3063 8739
3048 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 180DEG 0KT 3074 8781
$$414
WWUS54 KMOB 032119
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
419 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC003-032128-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120703T2145Z/
BALDWIN AL-
419 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN
BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 417 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
BALDWIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3073 8802 3078 8802 3079 8799 3081 8798
3083 8794 3085 8795 3088 8799 3091 8796
3091 8794 3062 8751 3067 8741 3063 8739
3048 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 180DEG 0KT 3074 8781
$$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, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.