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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 12:59 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
- May 23, 2012, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 1:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006
WUUS54 KMOB 230559
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-230700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0066.120523T0559Z-120523T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1259 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1258 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GULF SHORES...OR 3 MILES WEST OF BON SECOUR...AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... GULF SHORES...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS... LILLIAN... FOLEY...
ELBERTA... BON SECOUR...
LAT...LON 3023 8788 3024 8788 3026 8782 3026 8780
3028 8777 3030 8777 3039 8788 3052 8739
3045 8737 3043 8739 3042 8737 3031 8734
3024 8767 3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 263DEG 15KT 3031 8778
$$1 follow-up statement
679
WWUS54 KMOB 230614
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
114 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
ALC003-FLC033-230624-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120523T0700Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
114 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 112 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3023 8788 3024 8788 3026 8782 3026 8780
3028 8777 3030 8777 3039 8788 3052 8739
3045 8737 3043 8739 3042 8737 3031 8734
3024 8767 3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 258DEG 18KT 3033 8770
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 23, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| May 23, 3:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| May 23, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| May 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2012Severe 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.