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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2012, 3:13 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
- Feb 18, 2012, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Poarch, AL | TREES BLOWN DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS ACROSS INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 55. |
| Feb 18, 3:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Freemanville, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. |
| Feb 18, 3:48 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Appleton, AL | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875
WUUS54 KMOB 182113
SVRMOB
ALC003-035-053-099-FLC033-113-182200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0014.120218T2113Z-120218T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
313 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 313 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRISCO CITY TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ATMORE TO 13 MILES WEST OF ATMORE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF BAY
MINETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITFIELD... MOUNT CARMEL... FIDELIS...
DIXONVILLE... COBBTOWN...
POARCH CREEK RESERVATION... JAY...
BERRYDALE... FLOMATON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3130 8687 3114 8686 3084 8698 3092 8786
3101 8775 3115 8772 3126 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 270DEG 50KT 3126 8758 3113 8758
3100 8762 3089 8775
$$4 follow-up statements
523
WWUS54 KMOB 182127
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
327 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
ALC099-182137-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
MONROE AL-
327 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3084 8698 3097 8769 3105 8751 3113 8749
3123 8756 3126 8748 3126 8743 3127 8743
3130 8687 3114 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 270DEG 50KT 3126 8735 3113 8735
3100 8739 3089 8752
$$
ALC003-035-053-FLC033-113-182200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
327 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 327 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HUXFORD TO LITTLE ROCK TO MALTA TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
NOKOMIS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF FRISCO
CITY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATMORE TO ATMORE TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ATMORE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARNETT
CROSSROADS...PINEVIEW...FLOMATON...WALLACE...BYRNEVILLE...FOSHEE...
GANDYVILLE...HAMMAC...I65 AND AL 41...OSAKA...SOUTH FLOMATON...
WAHL...WELKA...BLUFF SPRINGS...POLLARD...APPLETON...OYSTER LODGE...
KEEGO...BREWTON...PEA RIDGE...KIRKLAND...BROWNSDALE...MOUNT CARMEL...
EAST BREWTON...RIVERVIEW...JAY...SPRING HILL...DIXONVILLE...ROCK
HILL...COBBTOWN...PINE LEVEL...WHITFIELD...FIDELIS...BOYKIN...
JOHNSONVILLE...ROBERTS...SELLERSVILLE...BERRYDALE AND SIMMONS
CROSSING
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8698 3097 8769 3105 8751 3113 8749
3123 8756 3126 8748 3126 8743 3127 8743
3130 8687 3114 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 270DEG 50KT 3126 8735 3113 8735
3100 8739 3089 8752
$$343
WWUS54 KMOB 182136
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
ALC003-035-053-FLC033-113-182200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
336 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BARNETT CROSSROADS TO STANLEY CROSSROADS TO MALTA TO
NOKOMIS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF FRISCO
CITY TO FLOMATON TO ATMORE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATMORE...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRATT...FOSHEE...HAMMAC...WALLACE...OSAKA...I65 AND AL 41...
GANDYVILLE...BYRNEVILLE...SOUTH FLOMATON...WAHL...WELKA...APPLETON...
PEA RIDGE...KEEGO...POLLARD...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...OYSTER
LODGE...BLUFF SPRINGS...SPRING HILL...RIVERVIEW...KIRKLAND...
BROWNSDALE...ROCK HILL...MOUNT CARMEL...BOYKIN...WHITFIELD...SIMMONS
CROSSING...SELLERSVILLE...FIDELIS...DIXONVILLE...COBBTOWN...
BERRYDALE...PINE LEVEL...JOHNSONVILLE AND ROBERTS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8698 3097 8769 3105 8751 3113 8749
3123 8756 3123 8755 3126 8748 3126 8743
3127 8742 3130 8687 3114 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 271DEG 44KT 3125 8732 3109 8729
3101 8740 3094 8754
$$708
WWUS54 KMOB 182143
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
343 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
ALC003-035-053-FLC033-113-182200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
343 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BARNETT CROSSROADS TO FLOMATON TO WAWBEEK TO RALEY
FOREST HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FRISCO CITY TO FLOMATON TO ATMORE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATMORE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I65 AND
AL 41...GANDYVILLE...BYRNEVILLE...SOUTH FLOMATON...WAHL...WELKA...
APPLETON...KEEGO...PEA RIDGE...POLLARD...BREWTON...BLUFF SPRINGS...
EAST BREWTON...OYSTER LODGE...SPRING HILL...RIVERVIEW...KIRKLAND...
BROWNSDALE...ROCK HILL...MOUNT CARMEL...BOYKIN...WHITFIELD...SIMMONS
CROSSING...SELLERSVILLE...FIDELIS...DIXONVILLE...COBBTOWN...
BERRYDALE...PINE LEVEL...JOHNSONVILLE AND ROBERTS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WITH TREES
DOWN REPORTED ALONG I65 NEAR MILE MARKER 54 AND 55. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8698 3097 8769 3105 8751 3113 8749
3123 8756 3123 8755 3126 8748 3126 8743
3127 8742 3130 8687 3114 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 271DEG 44KT 3125 8723 3109 8720
3101 8731 3094 8745
$$317
WWUS54 KMOB 182151
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
351 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
ALC003-182201-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
BALDWIN AL-
351 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3099 8692 3085 8698 3092 8744 3094 8749
3102 8740 3110 8723 3128 8717 3130 8687
3115 8686 3110 8688 3107 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 268DEG 40KT 3125 8709 3110 8714
3102 8727 3097 8739
$$
ALC035-053-FLC033-113-182200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120218T2200Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
351 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 347 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM APPLETON TO HAMMAC TO WAWBEEK TO
BRATT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BREWTON TO
FLOMATON TO ATMORE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GANDYVILLE...PEA RIDGE...BYRNEVILLE...SOUTH FLOMATON...KIRKLAND...
KEEGO...WAHL...WELKA...POLLARD...BLUFF SPRINGS...SPRING HILL...EAST
BREWTON...BOYKIN...WHITFIELD...SIMMONS CROSSING...SELLERSVILLE...
MOUNT CARMEL...FIDELIS...DIXONVILLE...COBBTOWN...OYSTER LODGE...
BERRYDALE...BROWNSDALE...PINE LEVEL...JOHNSONVILLE...ROCK HILL...
ROBERTS AND RIVERVIEW
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8692 3085 8698 3092 8744 3094 8749
3102 8740 3110 8723 3128 8717 3130 8687
3115 8686 3110 8688 3107 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 268DEG 40KT 3125 8709 3110 8714
3102 8727 3097 8739
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 38 hr | |
| Feb 18, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 2:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 32 days |
| Feb 18, 3:28 PM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 113 min |
| Feb 18, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
| Feb 18, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 4:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 18, 4:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 116 min |
| Feb 18, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 4:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 60 min |
| Feb 18, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 52 min |
| Feb 18, 4:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 113 min |
| Feb 18, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 76 min |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 5:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.