Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2012, 9:50 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
342
WFUS54 KMOB 101450
TORMOB
ALC039-101530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0033.120610T1450Z-120610T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
950 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 950 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF FLORALA...
OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALCO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FALCO AROUND 1010 AM CDT...
CAROLINA AROUND 1025 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3099 8653 3099 8669 3100 8669 3101 8670
3103 8671 3145 8659 3136 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 201DEG 22KT 3104 8663
$$
PURDY3 follow-up statements
062
WWUS54 KMOB 101500
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1000 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC039-101530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120610T1530Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1000 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1000 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF FLORALA...OR
6 MILES SOUTH OF FALCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FALCO AROUND 1010 AM CDT...
CAROLINA AROUND 1025 AM CDT...
LIBERTYVILLE AROUND 1030 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3106 8651 3103 8659 3107 8667 3145 8659
3136 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 209DEG 22KT 3109 8659
$$
PURDY676
WWUS54 KMOB 101514
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC039-101530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120610T1530Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1014 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1014 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...OR NEAR FALCO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CAROLINA AROUND 1030 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3111 8653 3110 8657 3113 8660 3141 8652
3135 8632 3128 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 207DEG 21KT 3116 8655
$$758
WWUS54 KMOB 101531
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1031 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC039-101540-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120610T1530Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1031 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR CENTRAL
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1030 AM CDT...THE STORM ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ALTHOUGH THIS WARNING HAS EXPIRED...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP
REQUIRING NEW WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3111 8653 3110 8657 3113 8660 3141 8652
3135 8632 3128 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 207DEG 21KT 3116 8655
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:28 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 39 hr | |
| Jun 10, 7:50 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Jun 10, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jun 10, 9:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 118 min |
| Jun 10, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jun 10, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 10, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Jun 10, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 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.