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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2012, 8:50 AM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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 22, 2012, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115 WUUS54 KMOB 221350 SVRMOB ALC129-221445- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0032.120322T1350Z-120322T1445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 850 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 848 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATOM... OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRUITDALE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILLRY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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 NOON CDT THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3136 8832 3140 8844 3170 8836 3170 8812 TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 202DEG 24KT 3143 8836 $$
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS54 KMOB 221425 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 925 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 ALC129-221445- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120322T1445Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 925 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KOENTON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BASHI...RESCUEVILLE AND SILVER CROSS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3154 8825 3156 8836 3170 8836 3170 8812 TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 202DEG 24KT 3165 8826 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Mar 22, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 22, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Mar 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 54 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.