Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 5:06 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2012, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Frisco City, AL | MONROE COUNTY EM REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN FRISCO CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677
WUUS54 KMOB 302206
SVRMOB
ALC035-099-302300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0078.120530T2206Z-120530T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
506 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR FRISCO CITY...OR 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EXCEL. WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEGARGEL... FRISCO CITY... EXCEL...
REPTON...
LAT...LON 3153 8738 3139 8715 3126 8732 3126 8743
3141 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 318DEG 1KT 3141 8739
$$2 follow-up statements
178
WWUS54 KMOB 302217
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
517 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
ALC035-099-302300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120530T2300Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
517 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR FRISCO
CITY...OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXCEL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEARLY
STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEGARGEL... FRISCO CITY... EXCEL...
REPTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FRISCO CITY WITH THIS
STORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8738 3139 8715 3126 8732 3126 8743
3141 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 318DEG 1KT 3141 8739
$$307
WWUS54 KMOB 302241
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
541 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
ALC035-099-302300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120530T2300Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
541 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR FRISCO CITY...OR NEAR EXCEL...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEGARGEL... FRISCO CITY... EXCEL...
REPTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8738 3139 8715 3126 8732 3126 8743
3141 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 271DEG 2KT 3142 8737
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| May 30, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| May 30, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 56 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 59 min |
| May 30, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 54 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 24 min |
| May 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 67 min |
| May 30, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.