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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. 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 22, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.
601
WUUS54 KMOB 222351
SVRMOB
ALC003-035-053-099-FLC033-230045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0036.120322T2351Z-120323T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
651 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 647 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 7 MILES WEST OF ATMORE...OR 2
MILES SOUTHWEST OF POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POARCH CREEK RESERVATION... PERDIDO...
I65 AND CR 47... MEGARGEL... FRISCO CITY...
EXCEL... REPTON... I65 AND CR 6...
I65 AND AL 41...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3128 8696 3092 8757 3102 8774 3141 8761
3145 8757 3152 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 222DEG 23KT 3109 8757
$$1 follow-up statement
763
WWUS54 KMOB 230021
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
721 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
FLC033-230025-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120323T0045Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
721 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
MOVED OUT OF NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THUS...THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3100 8744 3113 8770 3141 8761 3145 8757
3152 8757 3128 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 231DEG 21KT 3116 8745
$$
ALC003-035-053-099-230045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120323T0045Z/
CONECUH AL-ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-BALDWIN AL-
721 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...WESTERN ESCAMBIA
AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 718 PM CDT...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 MCCULLOUGH...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF ATMORE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE
ROCK...PALMERS CROSSROADS...HUXFORD...HOMEWOOD...SARDINE...STANLEY
CROSSROADS...JEDDO...PINEVIEW...GOODWAY...MANISTEE...MEGARGEL...
LONDON...SAND CUT...FRISCO CITY...EXCEL...REPTON...RANGE...LENOX...
WALLACE AND APPLETON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8744 3113 8770 3141 8761 3145 8757
3152 8757 3128 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 231DEG 21KT 3116 8745
$$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, 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 |
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.