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Tornado Warning 108, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 7:40 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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, 7:40 AM CDT (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 011240 TORMOB ALC003-FLC033-113-011330- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0108.080901T1240Z-080901T1330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 740 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 741 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTAGE HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOLINO BY 755 AM CDT... WALNUT HILL BY 820 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3088 8765 3098 8743 3057 8717 3052 8722 TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 140DEG 33KT 3061 8725 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011244 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 744 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ALC003-FLC033-113-011330- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-080901T1330Z/ BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 744 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA...NORTHERN ESCAMBIA AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES... AT 744 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR COTTAGE HILL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 38 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOLINO BY 755 AM CDT... BARTH BY 800 AM CDT... BAY SPRINGS BY 810 AM CDT... OAK GROVE BY 815 AM CDT... WALNUT HILL AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRATT BY 820 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3088 8765 3098 8743 3061 8721 3058 8728 TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 140DEG 33KT 3063 8727 $$
000
WWUS54 KMOB 011254
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
754 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
FLC113-011304-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-080901T1330Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
754 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3065 8737 3087 8764 3093 8755 3093 8754
3094 8753 3094 8751 3068 8729 3064 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 132DEG 40KT 3071 8738
$$
ALC003-FLC033-011330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-080901T1330Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
754 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 754 AM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR MOLINO...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 46 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAY SPRINGS BY 805 AM CDT...
WALNUT HILL BY 810 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3065 8737 3087 8764 3093 8755 3093 8754
3094 8753 3094 8751 3068 8729 3064 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 132DEG 40KT 3071 8738
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 011259
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
759 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
ALC003-FLC033-011330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0108.000000T0000Z-080901T1330Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
759 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 754 AM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR MOLINO...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 46 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAY SPRINGS BY 805 AM CDT...
WALNUT HILL BY 810 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3087 8764 3088 8763 3093 8755 3093 8753
3071 8731 3064 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 132DEG 40KT 3075 8743
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 7:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr | |
| Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 min |
| Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 52 min |
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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.