Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Aug 29, 2005, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 2005, 6:45 AM CDT

In force

25 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KMOB 291120
TORMOB
ALC003-097-291145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0038.050829T1120Z-050829T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
620 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 645 AM CDT

* AT 616 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF
  STAPLETON...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DOUGLASVILLE AND CARPENTER BY 625 AM CDT
  I65 AND AL 225 AND I65 AND AL 59 BY 630 AM CDT
  STOCKTON BY 635 AM CDT
  CHASTANG AND BUCKS BY 640 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.

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

LAT...LON 3066 8773 3079 8758 3117 8805 3102 8823

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 291135
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-097-291145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050829T1145Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
635 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MOBILE AND NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 632 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I65 AND AL 225...
OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 65
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHASTANG AND BUCKS BY 640 AM CDT
  MOUNT VERNON...FORT STODDARD...CALVERT AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PINEOLA BY 645 AM CDT

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 3066 8773 3079 8758 3117 8805 3102 8823

$$

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