Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:55 PM CST for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Yellow Bluff, AL | |
| Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Yellow Bluff, AL |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134
WFUS54 KMOB 022155
TORMOB
ALC025-131-022245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0013.120302T2155Z-120302T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
355 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CST
* AT 353 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH
OF JACKSON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF COFFEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YELLOW BLUFF... PINE HILL... THOMASVILLE...
FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8739 3180 8756 3174 8778 3172 8797
3181 8800 3200 8781 3199 8772 3201 8763
3213 8763 3214 8762 3214 8758 3214 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 237DEG 34KT 3179 8792
$$3 follow-up statements
649
WWUS54 KMOB 022204
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
404 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC025-131-022245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
404 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...
AT 358 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CHILTON. A
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING NEAR CHILTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PEACOCK...GREENWOOD...DICKINSON...SPRINGFIELD...GLOVER...MIDWAY...
FULTON...RURAL...CHOCTAW CORNER...MCWER...ROUNDHILL...NETTLEBORO...
PLEASANT HILL...FINLEY CROSSING...ATKEISON...HESTLE...SUNNY SOUTH...
LOWER PEACH TREE...CULPEPER...PINE HILL...SHEPPARD...ARLINGTON...
MACMILLAN...KIMBROUGH...ANNE MANIE...ASAHEL...YELLOW BLUFF...COAL
BLUFF AND LAMISON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE
INCH DIAMETER SIZED HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS UP TO 80 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8739 3180 8756 3174 8778 3176 8789
3182 8795 3195 8783 3199 8772 3201 8763
3213 8763 3214 8762 3214 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 237DEG 34KT 3183 8785
$$281
WWUS54 KMOB 022212
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
412 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC025-131-022245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
412 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...
AT 407 PM CST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE PAST
TEN MINUTES. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING AND LOCATED NEAR
SPRINGFIELD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RURAL...CHOCTAW CORNER...FULTON...ROUNDHILL...MCWER...FINLEY
CROSSING...ATKEISON...NETTLEBORO...PLEASANT HILL...SUNNY SOUTH...
HESTLE...CULPEPER...LOWER PEACH TREE...PINE HILL...ARLINGTON...
KIMBROUGH...ANNE MANIE...MACMILLAN...LAMISON...SHEPPARD...YELLOW
BLUFF AND ASAHEL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER-SIZED HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO
80 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8739 3180 8756 3177 8775 3180 8782
3186 8784 3195 8783 3199 8772 3201 8763
3213 8763 3214 8762 3214 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 255DEG 39KT 3183 8774
$$205
WWUS54 KMOB 022229
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
429 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC025-022238-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
CLARKE AL-
429 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3188 8739 3184 8761 3187 8761 3188 8765
3194 8762 3197 8758 3202 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 262DEG 39KT 3186 8753
$$
ALC131-022245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
WILCOX AL-
429 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 425 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CULPEPER...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
THOMASVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MACMILLAN...SHEPPARD AND YELLOW BLUFF
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8739 3184 8761 3187 8761 3188 8765
3194 8762 3197 8758 3202 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 262DEG 39KT 3186 8753
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 26 hr | |
| Mar 2, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 19 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.