Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 6:05 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 6:05 AM CST (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 061206
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-061300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0021.080206T1205Z-080206T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
605 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...
* UNTIL 700 AM CST
* AT 604 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHISTLER TO SCHILLINGER AND
THREE NOTCH TO I10 AND MCDONALD ROAD TO DIXON CORNER TO BAYOU LA
BATRE......AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH ORCHARD...WHISTLER...TILLMANS CORNER AND THEODORE BY 610 AM
CST...
LAURENDINE...MON LOUIS...BELLEFONTAINE AND MOBILE INFIRMARY BY 615
AM CST...
WALLACE TUNNEL AND PINTO ISLAND BY 620 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3035 8785 3042 8795 3064 8795 3066 8802
3057 8807 3037 8809 3040 8839 3076 8840
3075 8754 3057 8748 3045 8740 3037 8745
3033 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1205Z 232DEG 54KT 3079 8815 3063 8820
3054 8825 3047 8824 3044 8828
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 061232
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
632 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
ALC003-097-061300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
632 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST
FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 628 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPANISH FORT...MONTROSE...MALBIS AND FAIRHOPE BY 640 AM CST...
STAPLETON...POINT CLEAR...MALBIS AND HOUSTONVILLE BY 645 AM CST...
STEELWOOD AND POINT CLEAR BY 650 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3035 8785 3042 8795 3057 8793 3064 8795
3066 8801 3057 8807 3037 8809 3040 8839
3076 8806 3075 8754 3045 8740 3037 8745
3033 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 273DEG 24KT 3073 8790 3053 8798
3037 8820
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 061252
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
652 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
ALC097-061302-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/
MOBILE AL-
652 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3034 8779 3037 8788 3042 8795 3050 8796
3057 8793 3064 8795 3066 8799 3075 8799
3075 8754 3045 8740 3038 8745 3033 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1252Z 180DEG 0KT 3059 8825 3053 8801
3035 8781
$$
ALC003-061300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080206T1300Z/
BALDWIN AL-
652 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST
FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 647 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES
WEST OF I10 NEAR THE BATTLESHIP TO BATTLES WHARF TO MOUTH OF WEEKS
BAY. ESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...POINT CLEAR...BATTLES WHARF AND TURKEY BRANCH
BY 700 AM CST...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE RE-ISSUED FOR BALDWIN
COUNTY AT 7 AM CST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3034 8779 3037 8788 3042 8795 3050 8796
3057 8793 3064 8795 3066 8799 3075 8799
3075 8754 3045 8740 3038 8745 3033 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1252Z 180DEG 0KT 3059 8825 3053 8801
3035 8781
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 5:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 5:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Feb 6, 6:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 62 min |
| Feb 6, 6:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Feb 6, 6:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Feb 6, 7:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Feb 6, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Feb 6, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe | 61 min |
| Feb 6, 7:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Feb 6, 8:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 59 min |
| Feb 6, 8:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Feb 6, 10:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 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.