Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 6:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
842
WUUS54 KMOB 032214
SVRMOB
ALC013-041-032315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0117.120703T2214Z-120703T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
514 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DEPOSIT...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PETREY... I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 10...
GREENVILLE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 139.
LAT...LON 3176 8671 3197 8669 3197 8641 3205 8640
3206 8630 3197 8630 3197 8620 3192 8617
3183 8618 3180 8620 3179 8614 3174 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 349DEG 3KT 3203 8650
$$2 follow-up statements
856
WWUS54 KMOB 032250
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC041-032300-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-120703T2315Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 545 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3192 8650 3187 8648 3175 8648 3176 8671
3192 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 349DEG 3KT 3182 8659
$$
ALC013-032315-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-120703T2315Z/
BUTLER AL-
550 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY...
AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF GREENVILLE...OR 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF I65 AND AL 185...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
I65 AND AL 185... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 136.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8650 3187 8648 3175 8648 3176 8671
3192 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 349DEG 3KT 3182 8659
$$413
WWUS54 KMOB 032303
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
603 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
ALC013-032314-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-120703T2315Z/
BUTLER AL-
603 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL
BUTLER COUNTY...
AT 559 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL
BUTLER COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3192 8650 3187 8648 3175 8648 3176 8671
3192 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 349DEG 3KT 3181 8659
$$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, 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, 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.