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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 5, 2012, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Loxley, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LOXELY BY BALDWIN COUNTY EMA. |
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Loxley, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED 3 TIMES BY FIRE DEPT NEAR COUNTY ROADS 64 AND 65. REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN IN AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221 WFUS54 KMOB 052214 TORMOB ALC003-052245- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.120605T2214Z-120605T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 514 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 514 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOXLEY...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF SILVERHILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE... LOXLEY... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 43 AND 51. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. && LAT...LON 3053 8785 3066 8779 3066 8766 3049 8764 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 000DEG 11KT 3060 8774 $$
2 follow-up statements
971 WWUS54 KMOB 052229 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 529 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ALC003-052245- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120605T2245Z/ BALDWIN AL- 529 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 528 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBERTSDALE...OR 2 MILES NORTH OF SILVERHILL... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUMMERDALE... SILVERHILL... ROBERTSDALE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOXLEY WITH THIS STORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. && LAT...LON 3062 8781 3062 8768 3049 8764 3053 8785 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 000DEG 9KT 3058 8774 $$
409 WWUS54 KMOB 052247 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 547 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ALC003-052257- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120605T2245Z/ BALDWIN AL- 547 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 541 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. LAT...LON 3062 8781 3062 8768 3049 8764 3053 8785 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 000DEG 9KT 3058 8774 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 6:33 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.