Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 3:51 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111
WUUS54 KMOB 232051
SVRMOB
ALC003-FLC033-232115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0067.120523T2051Z-120523T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
351 PM 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 415 PM CDT
* AT 347 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST
OF BELLVIEW...OR NEAR LILLIAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE GROVE... BELLVIEW... LILLIAN...
LAT...LON 3034 8743 3036 8745 3035 8746 3038 8753
3052 8746 3049 8727 3041 8729 3031 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 292DEG 10KT 3042 8741
$$1 follow-up statement
869
WWUS54 KMOB 232113
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
413 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
ALC003-FLC033-232123-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-120523T2115Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
413 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 410 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3034 8743 3036 8745 3035 8746 3038 8753
3052 8746 3049 8727 3041 8729 3031 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 292DEG 10KT 3040 8734
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 23, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 15 min |
| 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 Alabama, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.