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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2012, 5:47 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 30, 2012, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 6:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677 WFUS54 KMOB 302247 TORMOB ALC039-302330- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.120330T2247Z-120330T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 547 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTYVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HORN HILL... OPP... ONYCHA... 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 3114 8643 3122 8646 3132 8619 3115 8619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 258DEG 23KT 3119 8639 $$
2 follow-up statements
512
WWUS54 KMOB 302257
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
557 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012
ALC039-302330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120330T2330Z/
COVINGTON AL-
557 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE SPRINGS...OR
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OPP...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREEN
BAY...ONYCHA...DUVALL...BEULAH...BLAIRS...ESTOTHEL AND COUNTY LINE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3116 8641 3122 8642 3130 8619 3123 8619
3117 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 260DEG 26KT 3121 8631
$$435
WWUS54 KMOB 302318
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
618 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012
ALC039-302328-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120330T2330Z/
COVINGTON AL-
618 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3116 8641 3122 8642 3130 8619 3123 8619
3117 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 260DEG 26KT 3124 8614
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 20 min |
| Mar 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.