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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:12 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:40 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Tillmans Corner, AL | PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO APPROACHING EXIT 15 OF INTERSTATE 10. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY INDICATED IT HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN. |
| Dec 25, 4:40 PM CST | TORNADO | Theodore, AL | PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO APPROACHING EXIT 15 OF INTERSTATE 10. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429
WFUS54 KMOB 252212
TORMOB
ALC097-252245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0113.121225T2212Z-121225T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
412 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 408 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PASCAGOULA...OR 7 MILES
WEST OF WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... DOWNTOWN MOBILE... CODEN...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... PRICHARD...
I65 AND US 45... I65 AND I165... I10 AND I65...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 28. THIS
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
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 3031 8826 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8832
3039 8833 3037 8839 3042 8840 3083 8806
3079 8800 3075 8803 3070 8800 3057 8808
3043 8810 3032 8820 3032 8823 3035 8820
3037 8825 3032 8824 3022 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 219DEG 41KT 3030 8837
$$1 follow-up statement
808
WWUS54 KMOB 252234
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
434 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC097-252245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-121225T2245Z/
MOBILE AL-
434 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 431 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF BAYOU LA BATRE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF
CODEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDTOWN MOBILE... DOWNTOWN MOBILE... CODEN...
TILLMANS CORNER... THEODORE... PRICHARD...
I65 AND US 45... I65 AND I165... I10 AND I65...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 28. THIS
INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 8826 3037 8826 3038 8829 3036 8832
3039 8833 3037 8839 3042 8840 3083 8806
3079 8800 3075 8803 3070 8800 3057 8808
3043 8810 3032 8820 3032 8823 3035 8820
3037 8825 3032 8824 3022 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 215DEG 24KT 3047 8823
$$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, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 65 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, 4:13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.