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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 10:36 AM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 11:16 AM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923
WFUS54 KMOB 101636
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-101730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0073.121210T1636Z-121210T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1036 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1034 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MILLRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 8815 3176 8811 3168 8808 3166 8808
3165 8809 3162 8807 3161 8808 3158 8805
3146 8845 3163 8854 3181 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 247DEG 34KT 3158 8839
$$2 follow-up statements
286
WWUS54 KMOB 101651
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1051 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
MSC153-101700-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-121210T1730Z/
WAYNE MS-
1051 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTY...
AT 1048 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 8816 3175 8815 3176 8811 3168 8808
3166 8808 3165 8809 3159 8807 3155 8828
3171 8833 3178 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 255DEG 35KT 3162 8824
$$
ALC023-129-101730-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-121210T1730Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-
1051 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 1048 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...OR 3 MILES EAST OF MILLRY...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3177 8816 3175 8815 3176 8811 3168 8808
3166 8808 3165 8809 3159 8807 3155 8828
3171 8833 3178 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 255DEG 35KT 3162 8824
$$601
WWUS54 KMOB 101716
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1116 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
ALC023-129-101726-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-121210T1730Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-
1116 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 1111 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 8816 3175 8815 3176 8811 3168 8808
3166 8808 3165 8809 3159 8807 3155 8828
3171 8833 3178 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 255DEG 35KT 3169 8795
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 3:51 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Dec 10, 9:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 10, 9:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 10:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 11:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 54 min |
| Dec 10, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 12:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 12:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Dec 10, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 60 min |
| Dec 10, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 10:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 58 min |
| Dec 10, 10:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 64 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.