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Tornado Warning 108, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 2:55 PM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214
WFUS54 KMOB 252055
TORMOB
ALC025-099-252200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0108.121225T2055Z-121225T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 253 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...OR 15 MILES
EAST OF MCINTOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8742 3130 8772 3130 8775 3129 8777
3130 8779 3129 8780 3130 8785 3179 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 205DEG 27KT 3132 8778
$$3 follow-up statements
430
WWUS54 KMOB 252109
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
309 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC025-099-252200-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-121225T2200Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
309 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 305 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
URIAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8742 3130 8772 3130 8775 3129 8777
3130 8779 3129 8780 3130 8785 3179 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 205DEG 27KT 3142 8773
$$433
WWUS54 KMOB 252119
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
319 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC025-099-252200-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-121225T2200Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
319 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLARKE AND WEST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 317 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF JACKSON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF
WHATLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8742 3143 8764 3142 8768 3142 8771
3145 8774 3149 8775 3179 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 208DEG 34KT 3151 8767
$$939
WWUS54 KMOB 252151
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
351 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC025-099-252201-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-121225T2200Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
351 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR EAST CENTRAL
CLARKE AND WEST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 350 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
CLARKE AND WEST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 400 PM
CST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3169 8742 3143 8764 3142 8768 3142 8771
3145 8774 3149 8775 3179 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 208DEG 34KT 3177 8751
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:38 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 31 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Dec 25, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 68 min |
| Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Dec 25, 4:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 17 min | |
| Dec 25, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 10 min |
| Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 66 min |
| Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 17 min |
| Dec 25, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
| Dec 25, 4:47 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 25, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Dec 25, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Dec 25, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Dec 25, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 25, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Dec 25, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 64 min |
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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.