Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 3706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567
WUUS54 KMOB 142016
SVRMOB
ALC097-MSC039-142100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0176.120814T2016Z-120814T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
316 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 313 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUCEDALE...OR 9
MILES WEST OF SEMMES...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MOBILE... MIDTOWN MOBILE... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
SEMMES... SARALAND... PRICHARD...
I65 AND US 45... I65 AND I165... I65 AND AL 158...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND
27. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
LAT...LON 3069 8842 3073 8842 3073 8850 3074 8851
3091 8845 3084 8798 3078 8800 3078 8802
3075 8803 3074 8802 3056 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 286DEG 24KT 3078 8838
$$3 follow-up statements
316
WWUS54 KMOB 142035
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
335 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALC097-MSC039-142100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120814T2100Z/
GEORGE MS-MOBILE AL-
335 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES...
AT 332 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST MOBILE...OR
5 MILES WEST OF SEMMES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MOBILE... MIDTOWN MOBILE... SEMMES...
I65 AND AL 158...
LAT...LON 3087 8845 3081 8810 3060 8816 3069 8842
3073 8842 3073 8850 3074 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 286DEG 24KT 3076 8832
$$794
WWUS54 KMOB 142050
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
MSC039-142100-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120814T2100Z/
GEORGE MS-
350 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 346 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3069 8842 3073 8842 3074 8841 3077 8842
3086 8842 3081 8810 3060 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 286DEG 24KT 3075 8829
$$
ALC097-142100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120814T2100Z/
MOBILE AL-
350 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST MOBILE...OR 4
MILES WEST OF SEMMES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST MOBILE... MIDTOWN MOBILE... SEMMES...
LAT...LON 3069 8842 3073 8842 3074 8841 3077 8842
3086 8842 3081 8810 3060 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 286DEG 24KT 3075 8829
$$664
WWUS54 KMOB 142056
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
356 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
ALC097-142106-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120814T2100Z/
MOBILE AL-
356 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 350 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT. THIS
STORM MAY STILL CONTAIN WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH...SO PERSONS SHOULD
STILL REMAIN ALERT.
LAT...LON 3069 8842 3073 8842 3074 8841 3077 8842
3086 8842 3081 8810 3060 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 286DEG 24KT 3074 8825
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Severe 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.