Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WUUS54 KMOB 222125
SVRMOB
ALC131-222215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0035.120322T2125Z-120322T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...OR 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF COY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOYKIN... PINE APPLE... OAK HILL...
COY... CAMDEN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 8725 3211 8723 3208 8719 3205 8717
3205 8686 3205 8685 3204 8685 3186 8708
3182 8721 3183 8738 3188 8744 3218 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 219DEG 33KT 3192 8728
$$4 follow-up statements
732
WWUS54 KMOB 222141
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
441 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
ALC131-222215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120322T2215Z/
WILCOX AL-
441 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTELLE...OR NEAR
CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROSEBUD...OAK HILL...SHAWNEE...ALLENTON...DARLINGTON...BOYKIN...
ALLENTON STATION...PINE APPLE...HAMBURG...ROCK SPRINGS...MCBRYDES...
ACKERVILLE...SNOW HILL AND FURMAN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 8733 3214 8725 3213 8725 3208 8719
3205 8717 3205 8685 3204 8685 3186 8708
3182 8719 3184 8728 3197 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 211DEG 23KT 3197 8725
$$220
WWUS54 KMOB 222150
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
ALC131-222215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120322T2215Z/
WILCOX AL-
450 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 448 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOYKIN TO ROSEBUD TO CALEDONIA...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMDEN TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN
TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DARLINGTON...OAK HILL...ALLENTON...HAMBURG...ALLENTON STATION...
ACKERVILLE...PINE APPLE...MCBRYDES...ROCK SPRINGS...SNOW HILL AND
FURMAN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8719 3205 8717 3205 8685 3204 8685
3186 8708 3182 8718 3183 8720 3187 8723
3198 8731 3205 8734 3213 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 228DEG 17KT 3206 8723 3192 8712
3185 8710
$$910
WWUS54 KMOB 222203
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
ALC131-222215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120322T2215Z/
WILCOX AL-
503 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 458 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN
TO 11 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALLENTON...ACKERVILLE...HAMBURG...ALLENTON STATION...PINE APPLE...
MCBRYDES...SNOW HILL...FURMAN AND ROCK SPRINGS
LAT...LON 3208 8719 3205 8717 3205 8685 3204 8685
3186 8708 3182 8717 3183 8719 3183 8720
3189 8718 3199 8721 3209 8730 3213 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 240DEG 20KT 3210 8718 3200 8707
3189 8705
$$944
WWUS54 KMOB 222213
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
513 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
ALC131-222223-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120322T2215Z/
WILCOX AL-
513 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
LAT...LON 3208 8719 3205 8717 3205 8685 3204 8685
3186 8708 3182 8717 3183 8719 3183 8720
3189 8718 3199 8721 3209 8730 3213 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 240DEG 20KT 3213 8712 3203 8701
3192 8699
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 55 min |
| 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, 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
Severe 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.