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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2005, 3:51 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 28, 2005, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 282051 TORMOB ALC097-MSC039-282130- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.050828T2051Z-050828T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 351 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KUSHLA... AND MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SEMMES AND LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY ROADS BY 400 PM CDT SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS ROADS BY 405 PM CDT BIG CREEK LAKE BY 410 PM CDT TANNER WILLIAMS AND BIG CREEK LAKE DAM BY 415 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3074 8805 3090 8813 3076 8850 3060 8843 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 282057 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ALC097-MSC039-282130- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050828T2130Z/ GEORGE MS-MOBILE AL- 357 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES... AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMMES...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BIG CREEK LAKE...WILMER...TANNER WILLIAMS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF BIG CREEK LAKE DAM BY 405 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3074 8805 3090 8813 3082 8854 3060 8843 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 282104 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 402 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ALC097-MSC039-282130- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050828T2130Z/ GEORGE MS-MOBILE AL- 402 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES... AT 356 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMMES...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY THROUGH 420 PM CDT SOUTHEAST GEORGE COUNTY BY 425 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3074 8805 3090 8813 3082 8854 3060 8843 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 24 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.