Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 31, 2008, 5:16 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2008, 6:01 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 5:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Chatom, AL | TREES DOWN NEAR CHATOM. |
| Jan 31, 5:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Coffeeville, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON HWY 69 NEAR MILE MARKER 33. |
| Jan 31, 5:57 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Thomasville, AL | SPORTS COMPLEX AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAD TREE,BLEACHER AND CONCESSION DAMAGE. |
| Jan 31, 6:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Thomasville, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 312316
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC041-153-010015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0009.080131T2316Z-080201T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
516 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
WESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 512 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARARAT TO 16
MILES SOUTH OF YELLOW PINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUTLER
TO 8 MILES EAST OF LEAKESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SAINT STEPHENS...OPINE...MORVIN AND HOLTAMVILLE BY 525 PM CST...
WAGARVILLE...TALLAHATTA SPRINGS...OPINE AND LEROY BY 530 PM CST...
WINN AND PRESTWICK BY 535 PM CST...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3200 8767 3193 8767 3139 8787 3140 8857
3198 8844 3199 8843 3200 8844 3203 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 240DEG 74KT 3208 8809 3122 8834
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KMOB 312352
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
ALC023-MSC041-153-010000-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080201T0015Z/
CHOCTAW AL-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
550 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3200 8767 3193 8767 3139 8787 3141 8827
3170 8819 3170 8809 3175 8809 3178 8817
3190 8814 3193 8806 3195 8812 3197 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 249DEG 55KT 3197 8789 3148 8789
$$
ALC025-129-010015-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080201T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
550 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST
FOR WESTERN CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 546 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OPINE TO
PRESTWICK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BUTLER TO 17 MILES EAST OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PEACOCK...GROVE HILL AND CHILTON BY 555 PM CST...
THOMASVILLE...SHAWNEE...RURAL AND ROUNDHILL BY 600 PM CST...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND SHOW
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3200 8767 3193 8767 3139 8787 3141 8827
3170 8819 3170 8809 3175 8809 3178 8817
3190 8814 3193 8806 3195 8812 3197 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 249DEG 55KT 3197 8789 3148 8789
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 010001 RRA
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
602 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
ALC025-129-010012-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080201T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
602 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CLARKE AND
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3200 8767 3193 8767 3139 8787 3141 8827
3170 8819 3170 8809 3175 8809 3178 8817
3190 8814 3193 8806 3195 8812 3197 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 249DEG 55KT 3204 8769 3155 8769
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 43 min |
| Jan 31, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jan 31, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 61 min |
| Jan 31, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 47 min |
| Jan 31, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 32 min |
| Jan 31, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 37 min |
| Jan 31, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 61 min |
| Jan 31, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.