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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:16 PM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718
WFUS54 KMOB 022316
TORMOB
ALC039-022345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.120302T2316Z-120302T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
516 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 516 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
FLORALA...OR 5 MILES WEST OF LOCKHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOCKHART... FLORALA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3099 8639 3099 8646 3100 8647
3119 8619 3118 8619 3100 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 237DEG 29KT 3102 8639
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
648
WWUS54 KMOB 022332
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
532 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC039-022345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120302T2345Z/
COVINGTON AL-
532 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCRAE...OR 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FLORALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3099 8628 3108 8633 3119 8619
3100 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 242DEG 28KT 3109 8625
$$
PURDY246
WWUS54 KMOB 022342
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
542 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC039-022352-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120302T2345Z/
COVINGTON AL-
542 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 545 PM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3099 8619 3099 8628 3108 8633 3119 8619
3100 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 242DEG 28KT 3113 8617
$$
PURDYThe 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, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 50 min |
| 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, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 19 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.