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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL

May 23, 2012Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 665 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
May 23, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin15 min
May 23, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
May 23, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
May 23, 5:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
May 23, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 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.