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Tornado Warning 140, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 8:36 PM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 9:08 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Georgiana, AL | *** 1 FATAL *** 1 MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED AT 16 COUNTY LANE WHEN A LARGE PINE TREE WAS BLOWN OVER INTO A HOUSE. THE MAN LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. |
| Dec 25, 9:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Georgiana, AL | *** 1 FATAL *** 1 PERSON SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE...LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. |
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, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 696 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 921 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
280
WFUS54 KMOB 260236
TORMOB
ALC013-035-260315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0140.121226T0236Z-121226T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
836 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CST
* AT 832 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN...OR 3 MILES
EAST OF I65 AND CR 6...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCKENZIE... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 185...
I65 AND AL 106... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE...
GEORGIANA... I65 AND US 84... I65 AND CR 29...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 131.
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 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8650 3162 8650 3152 8666 3153 8670
3150 8670 3127 8705 3137 8715 3187 8663
3168 8645 3166 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 226DEG 37KT 3138 8703
$$1 follow-up statement
986
WWUS54 KMOB 260305
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
905 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
ALC035-260315-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0140.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
CONECUH AL-
905 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN CONECUH
COUNTY...
AT 904 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EASTERN
CONECUH COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3166 8650 3162 8650 3153 8670 3153 8683
3162 8687 3187 8663 3168 8645 3166 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 226DEG 37KT 3158 8679
$$
ALC013-260315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0140.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
BUTLER AL-
905 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR BUTLER
COUNTY...
AT 904 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...OR 3 MILES EAST OF I65
AND CR 7...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCKENZIE... I65 AND CR 7... I65 AND AL 185...
I65 AND AL 106... I65 AND AL 10... GREENVILLE...
GEORGIANA...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 131.
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 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8650 3162 8650 3153 8670 3153 8683
3162 8687 3187 8663 3168 8645 3166 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 226DEG 37KT 3158 8679
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 67 min |
| Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 6:38 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 60 min |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Dec 25, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 25, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Dec 25, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 8:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 25, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 9:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Dec 25, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Dec 25, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 70 min |
| Dec 25, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 60 min |
| Dec 25, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 10:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Dec 25, 10:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Dec 25, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Dec 26, 5:43 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 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.