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Tornado Warning 133, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 5:56 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 5:59 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Deer Park, AL | TREE DAMAGE NEAR DEER PARK. |
| Dec 25, 6:59 PM CST | TORNADO | Deer Park, AL | TREE AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED NEAR DEER PARK. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
898
WFUS54 KMOB 252356
TORMOB
ALC025-129-260100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0133.121225T2356Z-121226T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
556 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 549 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF LEAKESVILLE...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DEER PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOWA CHOCTAW RESERVATION... JACKSON...
WAGARVILLE... VINEGAR BEND... MCINTOSH...
MALCOLM... DEER PARK...
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 3145 8767 3136 8775 3136 8777 3132 8778
3116 8792 3115 8796 3117 8799 3115 8802
3114 8833 3111 8833 3112 8843 3113 8843
3121 8844 3158 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 238DEG 37KT 3119 8832
$$2 follow-up statements
948
WWUS54 KMOB 260016
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC025-129-260100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0133.000000T0000Z-121226T0100Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
616 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 612 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF CITRONELLE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF MCINTOSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON... WAGARVILLE... MCINTOSH...
MALCOLM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3145 8767 3136 8775 3136 8777 3132 8778
3116 8792 3115 8796 3117 8799 3115 8802
3115 8830 3133 8825 3158 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 240DEG 38KT 3129 8812
$$028
WWUS54 KMOB 260039
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
639 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC025-129-260100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0133.000000T0000Z-121226T0100Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
639 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 636 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
WAGARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON... WAGARVILLE... MCINTOSH...
MALCOLM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
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 3145 8767 3136 8775 3136 8777 3132 8778
3116 8792 3115 8796 3117 8799 3115 8802
3115 8830 3133 8825 3158 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 236DEG 37KT 3143 8791
$$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, 4:12 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 |
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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.