Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2012, 9:51 AM CST for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 1, 2012, 9:51 AM CST (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964
WUUS54 KMOB 011551
SVRMOB
ALC035-053-011645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0025.120301T1551Z-120301T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
951 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CST
* AT 946 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES SOUTH OF FRISCO CITY...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF I65 AND AL
113...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVE... REPTON... I65 AND US 84...
I65 AND CR 6... I65 AND AL 41... EVERGREEN...
CASTLEBERRY... US 29 AND CR 43... I65 AND AL 113...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 95.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 8667 3134 8670 3108 8671 3107 8694
3116 8752 3126 8748 3126 8743 3142 8727
3147 8670 3144 8670 3144 8668 3141 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 267DEG 34KT 3125 8732
$$3 follow-up statements
848
WWUS54 KMOB 011609
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1009 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
ALC035-053-011645-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120301T1645Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
1009 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 1005 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BARNETT CROSSROADS...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF FLOMATON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RANGE...WALLACE...I65 AND AL 41...LENOX...I65 AND CR
6...APPLETON...PEA RIDGE...BREWTON...LONDON...EAST
BREWTON...CASTLEBERRY...SPRING HILL...KIRKLAND...ROCK
HILL...BOYKIN...MARIETTA...DAMASCUS...MELROSE...GEORGIAVILLE.
..JOHNSONVILLE...US 29 AND CR 43...ROBERTS...DIXIE AND BROOKLYN.
LAT...LON 3108 8671 3107 8694 3113 8728 3122 8736
3134 8727 3138 8668 3136 8668 3135 8669
3134 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 269DEG 24KT 3124 8725
$$549
WWUS54 KMOB 011625
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1025 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
ALC035-053-011645-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120301T1645Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
1025 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 1023 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLETON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CASTLEBERRY...SPRING HILL...KIRKLAND...ROCK HILL...NYMPH...ROBERTS...
BOYKIN...MARIETTA...DAMASCUS...MELROSE...GEORGIAVILLE...PAUL...
JOHNSNVILLE...US 29 AND CR 43...DIXIE AND BROOKLYN.
LAT...LON 3108 8671 3107 8694 3115 8717 3122 8718
3135 8710 3138 8668 3136 8668 3134 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 272DEG 31KT 3122 8708
$$124
WWUS54 KMOB 011641
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1041 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
ALC035-053-011645-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120301T1645Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
1041 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 1038 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KIRKLAND...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREWTON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
IF CURRENT WEAKENING TRENDS CONTINUE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
WILL NOT BE REISSUED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
1045 CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROBERTS...SPRING HILL...BOYKIN...MARIETTA...DAMASCUS...MELROSE...
GEORGIAVILLE...PAUL...JOHNSONVILLE...US 29 AND CR 43...DIXIE AND
BROOKLYN.
LAT...LON 3108 8671 3107 8694 3115 8717 3122 8718
3135 8710 3138 8668 3136 8668 3134 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 272DEG 31KT 3122 8693
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 112 min |
| Mar 1, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 22 min |
| Mar 1, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:55 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.