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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2012, 1:54 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715 WUUS54 KMOB 021854 SVRMOB ALC003-FLC033-021930- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0165.120802T1854Z-120802T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 154 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 149 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF MOLINO...OR 16 MILES EAST OF STAPLETON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY RURAL WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3097 8764 3092 8733 3061 8745 3064 8765 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 190DEG 6KT 3072 8753 $$
1 follow-up statement
970 WWUS54 KMOB 021927 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 227 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ALC003-FLC033-021937- /O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120802T1930Z/ ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL- 227 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 225 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3097 8764 3092 8733 3061 8745 3064 8765 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 190DEG 6KT 3075 8753 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 15 min |
Nearby
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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.