Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2012, 8:57 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 10, 2012, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 9:21 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978
WFUS54 KMOB 101357
TORMOB
ALC003-101430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.120710T1357Z-120710T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
857 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 854 AM CDT...THERE WERE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A WATERSPOUT NEAR
FAIRHOPE. THIS WATERSPOUT MAY MOVE ONSHORE AS A TORNADO.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POINT
CLEAR...HOUSTONVILLE AND BATTLES WHARF
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT...PLEASE GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3041 8791 3046 8793 3048 8794 3049 8794
3054 8791 3057 8791 3059 8793 3061 8792
3063 8786 3045 8782 3039 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 349DEG 1KT 3051 8790
$$
081 follow-up statement
037
WWUS54 KMOB 101421
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
921 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2012
ALC003-101430-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120710T1430Z/
BALDWIN AL-
921 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
BASED ON RECENT REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...THE WATERSPOUT
AND POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS LIKELY DISSIPATED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO
WARNING FOR BALDWIN COUNTY WILL BE CANCELLED EARLY.
THE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR WATERSPOUTS OVER MOBILE
BAY...AND PEOPLE NEAR THE BAY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
THIS MORNING AS STORMS CONTINUE IN THE AREA.
RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
OR...CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAT...LON 3041 8791 3046 8793 3048 8794 3049 8794
3054 8791 3057 8791 3059 8793 3061 8792
3063 8786 3045 8782 3039 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 349DEG 1KT 3050 8790
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 52 min | |
| Jul 10, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 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.