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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
- May 12, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591 WFUS54 KMOB 130100 TORMOB FLC033-130130- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.120513T0100Z-120513T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 800 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 759 PM CDT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF WARRINGTON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LILLIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST PENSACOLA... WARRINGTON... MYRTLE GROVE... GOULDING... BRENT... BELLVIEW... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3037 8735 3053 8731 3047 8720 3035 8730 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 211DEG 19KT 3041 8730 $$
2 follow-up statements
462 WWUS54 KMOB 130117 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 817 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 FLC033-130130- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120513T0130Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 817 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 812 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYRTLE GROVE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTONMENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WEST PENSACOLA... WARRINGTON... MYRTLE GROVE... GOULDING... BRENT... BELLVIEW... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING THEN IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 3040 8734 3053 8731 3047 8720 3038 8728 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 211DEG 19KT 3048 8725 $$
077 WWUS54 KMOB 130132 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 832 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 FLC033-130142- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120513T0130Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 832 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 826 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED...WITH NO FURTHER REPORTS OF A TORNADO. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3040 8734 3053 8731 3047 8720 3038 8728 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 211DEG 19KT 3048 8724 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 16 min |
| May 12, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 115 min |
| May 13, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 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.