Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2012, 9:35 AM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 9:35 AM CST (15:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:42 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Millers Ferry, AL | NICKEL HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SAND ISLAND DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF THE ALABAMA RIVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMOB 241535
TORMOB
ALC131-241600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0011.120224T1535Z-120224T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
935 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CST
* AT 935 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...OR 2 MILES SOUTH OF VINELAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CATHERINE AROUND 945 AM CST...
ALBERTA AROUND 950 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8742 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733
3205 8717 3205 8707 3191 8767 3200 8767
3201 8763 3213 8763 3214 8753 3226 8753
3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 234DEG 59KT 3204 8759
$$
JP/JC3 follow-up statements
533
WWUS54 KMOB 241540
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
940 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
ALC131-241600-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120224T1600Z/
WILCOX AL-
940 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 940 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANNE MANIE...OR 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PRAIRIE BLUFF...BOILING SPRINGS...PRAIRIE AND BETHEL BY 945 AM
CST...
REHOBOTH...GASTONBURG...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBERTA AND 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOYKIN BY 950 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8742 3224 8739 3221 8737 3220 8733
3205 8717 3205 8707 3191 8767 3200 8767
3201 8763 3213 8763 3214 8753 3226 8753
3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 237DEG 58KT 3207 8753
$$
JP/JC159
WWUS54 KMOB 241549
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
949 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
ALC131-241600-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120224T1600Z/
WILCOX AL-
949 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 949 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE BLUFF...OR
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8742 3225 8741 3221 8737 3220 8733
3214 8726 3205 8743 3214 8753 3226 8753
3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 237DEG 58KT 3216 8737
$$
JP/JC077
WWUS54 KMOB 241601
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1001 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
ALC131-241610-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120224T1600Z/
WILCOX AL-
1001 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
REPORT ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3225 8742 3225 8741 3221 8737 3220 8733
3214 8726 3205 8743 3214 8753 3226 8753
3228 8750 3228 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 237DEG 58KT 3216 8737
$$
JP/JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 19 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 2:08 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 26 hr |
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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.