Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Aug 29, 2005, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2005, 5:05 AM CDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KMOB 290940
TORMOB
ALC003-097-291015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0036.050829T0938Z-050829T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
438 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 433 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER I10 NEAR
  THE BATTLESHIP...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KUSHLA AND I65 AND AL 158 BY 445 AM CDT
  OAK GROVE AND LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY ROADS BY 450 AM CDT
  GEORGETOWN BY 455 AM 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.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3060 8799 3075 8787 3103 8830 3087 8841

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 290957
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC003-097-291015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050829T1015Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
457 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN MOBILE
AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...OR
ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 65 MPH.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3060 8799 3075 8787 3103 8830 3087 8841

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 291005
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALC003-097-291013-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050829T1015Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
503 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO BEARING THUNDERSTORM HAS NOW DISSIPATED AS IT EXITS 
MOBILE COUNTY WEST OF GEORGETOWN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3060 8799 3075 8787 3103 8830 3087 8841

$$

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