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Tornado Warning 103, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2008Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 6:37 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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, 6:37 AM CDT (11:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 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
Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 011137
TORMOB
FLC033-113-011230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0103.080901T1137Z-080901T1230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  WESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 632 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE    
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES          
  SOUTHWEST OF NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHWEST  AT 53 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PACE BY 700 AM CDT...
  OAK GROVE BY 725 AM CDT...


A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3040 8706 3046 8693 3051 8703 3055 8701
      3045 8706 3045 8707 3045 8710 3052 8710
      3058 8716 3058 8717 3048 8714 3086 8761
      3097 8751 3100 8724 3039 8687 3040 8695
      3039 8697 3038 8693 3036 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 141DEG 46KT 3038 8694

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa44 min
Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa55 min
Sep 1, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa59 min
Sep 1, 5:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa48 min
Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia62 min
Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia44 min
Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia44 min
Sep 1, 7:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Sep 1, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa48 min
Sep 1, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa38 min
Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa63 min
Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia61 min
Sep 1, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa24 min
Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia51 min
Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia43 min
Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia52 min
Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia27 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, 11:35 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOB22 hr
Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa40 min
Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa33 min
Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa42 min
Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia22 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr

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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.