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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2008Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 12:27 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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
Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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 12:00Z on 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 494 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011727
TORMOB
ALC003-011800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0125.080901T1727Z-080901T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1227 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ELBERTA...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUMMERDALE BY 1240 PM CDT...
  ROBERTSDALE BY 1245 PM CDT...
  SILVERHILL BY 1250 PM 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.

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

LAT...LON 3030 8759 3032 8759 3031 8760 3059 8793
      3072 8780 3041 8742 3034 8750 3032 8753
      3031 8753 3028 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 135DEG 34KT 3041 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, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile62 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, 12:46 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

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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.