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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2015, 12:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2015, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 12:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
478
WFUS54 KMOB 301712
TORMOB
ALC003-025-053-099-129-301800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.150630T1712Z-150630T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1212 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1211 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCINTOSH...OR 12 MILES
SOUTH OF JACKSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POARCH CREEK RESERVATION... MCCULLOUGH...
URIAH... I65 AND CR 1...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3127 8800 3143 8796 3133 8741 3107 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 287DEG 25KT 3132 8791
$$2 follow-up statements
868
WWUS54 KMOB 301734
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1234 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
ALC003-025-129-301743-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150630T1800Z/
BALDWIN AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
1234 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 1233 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BALDWIN...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE
COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8762 3124 8762 3125 8766 3130 8771
3130 8778 3134 8777 3134 8775 3133 8775
3134 8773 3133 8741 3114 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 283DEG 26KT 3130 8772
$$
ALC053-099-301800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150630T1800Z/
MONROE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
1234 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 1233 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF URIAH...OR 17 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
URIAH... MCCULLOUGH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8762 3124 8762 3125 8766 3130 8771
3130 8778 3134 8777 3134 8775 3133 8775
3134 8773 3133 8741 3114 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 283DEG 26KT 3130 8772
$$420
WWUS54 KMOB 301740
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
ALC053-099-301750-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150630T1800Z/
MONROE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-
1240 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 1240 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH THIS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY
DEVELOP REQUIRING NEW WARNINGS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8762 3124 8762 3125 8766 3130 8771
3130 8778 3134 8777 3134 8775 3133 8775
3134 8773 3133 8741 3114 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 287DEG 25KT 3128 8766
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:52 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jun 30, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 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.