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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 18 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, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WFUS54 KMOB 101742
TORMOB
ALC039-101800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0034.120610T1742Z-120610T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1242 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1242 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF OPP...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF
ONYCHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OPP AROUND 1255 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 3112 8625 3115 8635 3145 8625 3144 8620
3144 8619 3119 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 205DEG 27KT 3118 8628
$$1 follow-up statement
595
WWUS54 KMOB 101802
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
102 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
ALC039-101812-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120610T1800Z/
COVINGTON AL-
102 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR EAST CENTRAL
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 100 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
COVINGTON COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3112 8625 3115 8635 3145 8625 3144 8620
3144 8619 3119 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 205DEG 27KT 3118 8628
$$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, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 40 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 |
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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.