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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Mobile, AL

December 25, 20124 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2012, 9:35 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 70 min. 4 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: Dec 25, 2012, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 9:38 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Mashville, AL	BARN DESTROYED.
Dec 25, 9:38 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	E Mashville, AL	MODULAR HOME PORCH BLOWN OFF AND ROOF PEELED OFF. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA.
Dec 25, 9:40 PM CST	TORNADO	1 S Greenville, AL	MODULAR HOME PORCH BLOWN OFF AND ROOF PEELED OFF. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Dec 25, 10:24 PM CST	TORNADO 2	1 Wnw Goshen, AL	* 2 INJ * ALONG THE PATH, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE MOBILE HOME DAMAGE INCLUDING AT LEAST 2 DESTROYED. MULTIPLE BRICK HOMES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. 2 CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED. MANY OTHER BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH AS WELL. THE PATH WAS 14.

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
Dec 25, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 696 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 921 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

051 
WUUS54 KMOB 260335
SVRMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-260445-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0238.121226T0335Z-121226T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
935 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 934 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE TO 17 MILES EAST OF EVERGREEN TO
  13 MILES EAST OF EVERGREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  MCKENZIE...           I65 AND CR 7...       I65 AND AL 185...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3131 8688 3176 8683
      3197 8652 3197 8641 3206 8639 3206 8630
      3197 8629 3196 8618 3189 8617 3180 8620
      3179 8615 3178 8614 3166 8614 3163 8618
      3162 8614 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 251DEG 49KT 3164 8671 3150 8666
          3139 8673

$$

5 follow-up statements

547 
WWUS54 KMOB 260349
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
949 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC013-035-039-041-260445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
949 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR CRENSHAW...NORTHERN COVINGTON...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND EASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 944 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE TO 15 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF LUVERNE TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING 
EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  MCKENZIE...           RED LEVEL...          GANTT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3131 8688 3143 8687
      3183 8653 3189 8658 3194 8656 3197 8653
      3197 8641 3205 8639 3206 8630 3197 8629
      3196 8618 3189 8617 3180 8620 3178 8614
      3166 8614 3163 8618 3162 8614 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 251DEG 49KT 3197 8632 3179 8631
          3162 8641 3146 8657

$$

100 
WWUS54 KMOB 260356
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
956 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC013-035-039-041-260445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
956 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR CRENSHAW...NORTHERN COVINGTON...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF LUVERNE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LUVERNE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  RED LEVEL...          GANTT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8614 3152 8619 3145 8619 3135 8671
      3150 8674 3167 8656 3181 8651 3191 8637
      3197 8642 3205 8639 3206 8630 3197 8629
      3196 8618 3189 8617 3180 8620 3178 8614
      3166 8614 3163 8618 3162 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 251DEG 49KT 3197 8618 3168 8627
          3140 8651

$$

818 
WWUS54 KMOB 260406
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1006 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC035-260415-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
CONECUH AL-
1006 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST
CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY...

AT 1002 PM CST...THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR 
EAST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3137 8662 3152 8660
      3168 8653 3180 8642 3188 8642 3191 8637
      3196 8641 3205 8639 3206 8630 3197 8629
      3196 8618 3189 8617 3180 8620 3166 8614
      3163 8618 3162 8614 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 253DEG 43KT 3199 8609 3170 8618
          3142 8642

$$

ALC013-039-041-260445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
BUTLER AL-COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
1006 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR CRENSHAW...NORTHERN COVINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 1002 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 7 MILES NORTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...
  RED LEVEL...          GANTT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3137 8662 3152 8660
      3168 8653 3180 8642 3188 8642 3191 8637
      3196 8641 3205 8639 3206 8630 3197 8629
      3196 8618 3189 8617 3180 8620 3166 8614
      3163 8618 3162 8614 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 253DEG 43KT 3199 8609 3170 8618
          3142 8642

$$

551 
WWUS54 KMOB 260417
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1017 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC013-260427-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
BUTLER AL-
1017 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM CST...THE LINEOF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3140 8653 3154 8645
      3172 8642 3197 8631 3196 8618 3189 8617
      3180 8620 3166 8614 3163 8618 3162 8614
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 253DEG 43KT 3199 8599 3170 8608
          3142 8632

$$

ALC039-041-260445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
1017 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR CRENSHAW AND NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1011 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUTLEDGE...           PETREY...             LUVERNE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3140 8653 3154 8645
      3172 8642 3197 8631 3196 8618 3189 8617
      3180 8620 3166 8614 3163 8618 3162 8614
      3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 253DEG 43KT 3199 8599 3170 8608
          3142 8632

$$

563 
WWUS54 KMOB 260440
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1040 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC039-041-260445-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0238.000000T0000Z-121226T0445Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
1040 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1039 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY TO 29 MILES EAST OF LUVERNE TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD...           DOZIER...             BRANTLEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8619 3145 8619 3145 8640 3175 8618
      3166 8614 3163 8618 3162 8614 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 253DEG 43KT 3207 8568 3178 8577
          3150 8601

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 6:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	67 min
Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	55 min
Dec 25, 6:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	46 min
Dec 25, 6:38 PM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB		5 hr
Dec 25, 6:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	45 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	60 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	30 min
Dec 25, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	41 min
Dec 25, 7:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Dec 25, 7:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	26 min
Dec 25, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	53 min
Dec 25, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe	46 min
Dec 25, 8:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Dec 25, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	49 min
Dec 25, 8:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	39 min
Dec 25, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	46 min
Dec 25, 8:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	47 min
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		82 min
Dec 25, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	51 min
Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Dec 25, 9:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	46 min
Dec 25, 9:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Covington, Escambia	45 min
Dec 25, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	60 min
Dec 25, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	46 min
Dec 25, 10:33 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min
Dec 25, 11:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	26 min
Dec 26, 5:43 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	9 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.