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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2008Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 6:28 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 1, 2008, 6:28 AM CDT (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 838 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011128
TORMOB
ALC003-097-FLC033-011230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0101.080901T1128Z-080901T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
628 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 621 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SERIES    
  OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM THE WESTERN   
  SHORE OF MOBILE BAY SOUTHEASTWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF GULF SHORES 
   ALABAMA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST  AT 60 MPH.

* THE STRONGEST OF THE ROTATING STORMS WILL BE...
  FOLEY BY 635 AM CDT...
  CLAY CITY AND MARLOW BY 645 AM CDT...
  MONTROSE AND DAPHNE BY 655 AM CDT...
  DOWNTOWN MOBILE...WALLACE TUNNEL...PINTO ISLAND AND I10 NEAR THE
  BATTLESHIP BY 705 AM CDT...
  WHISTLER BY 710 AM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3030 8777 3038 8786 3043 8809 3042 8810
      3054 8841 3094 8841 3035 8744 3033 8747
      3035 8743 3032 8739 3026 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 136DEG 52KT 3028 8757

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Sep 1, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Sep 1, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile60 min
Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Sep 1, 4:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Sep 1, 4:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Sep 1, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Sep 1, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Sep 1, 5:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile59 min
Sep 1, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington39 min
Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile41 min
Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington40 min
Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin51 min
Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile38 min
Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOB22 hr
Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile9 min
Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBMobile34 hr
Sep 1, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin24 min
Sep 1, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin28 hr
Sep 1, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin33 min
Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington44 min
Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile38 min
Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington33 min
Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile28 min
Sep 1, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington49 min
Sep 1, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin21 min
Sep 1, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile40 min
Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington25 min
Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington3 hr
Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin22 min
Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington40 min
Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile52 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Mobile, Washington3 hr
Sep 1, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Sep 1, 5:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa48 min
Sep 1, 6:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa53 min
Sep 1, 7:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa48 min
Sep 1, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa24 min
Sep 1, 9:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa25 min
Sep 1, 10:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa29 min
Sep 1, 10:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa41 min
Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa40 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.