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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 4:08 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 23, 2012, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WFUS54 KMOB 230908 TORMOB ALC035-099-230945- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.120323T0908Z-120323T0945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 408 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF REPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LYEFFION... 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 3168 8710 3157 8694 3140 8724 3147 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0907Z 228DEG 22KT 3145 8724 $$
2 follow-up statements
899 WWUS54 KMOB 230918 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 418 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ALC035-099-230945- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120323T0945Z/ CONECUH AL-MONROE AL- 418 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES... AT 414 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERMUDA...OR 9 MILES EAST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NICHBURG...BRANTLEY CROSSING...BURNT CORN...STOKES...RAMAH... FAIRNELSON...FOWLER...BOOKERS MILL...LYEFFION...COOKS CROSSROADS AND BOWLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3168 8710 3157 8694 3144 8720 3150 8726 TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 228DEG 22KT 3150 8717 $$
306
WWUS54 KMOB 230931
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
431 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ALC099-230941-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120323T0945Z/
MONROE AL-
431 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3165 8705 3157 8694 3150 8712 3154 8716
3165 8710 3167 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 231DEG 21KT 3156 8710
$$
ALC035-230945-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120323T0945Z/
CONECUH AL-
431 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY...
AT 428 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRNELSON...OR 13
MILES EAST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FOWLER...LYEFFION...COOKS CROSSROADS AND BOWLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 8705 3157 8694 3150 8712 3154 8716
3165 8710 3167 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0931Z 231DEG 21KT 3156 8710
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 4:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 16 min |
| Mar 23, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 111 min |
| Mar 23, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 days |
| Mar 23, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 days |
| Mar 23, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Mar 23, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Mar 23, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 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.