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Tornado Warning 126, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 12:46 PM CDT for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2008, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 011746 TORMOB ALC129-MSC041-153-011830- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0126.080901T1746Z-080901T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1246 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1246 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ESCATAWPA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 34 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRUITDALE BY 1255 PM CDT... 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. 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 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3163 8884 3177 8860 3125 8823 3115 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 142DEG 30KT 3128 8839 $$ PURDY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011807 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 107 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ALC129-MSC041-153-011830- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-080901T1830Z/ WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS- 107 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 107 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR FRUITDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 42 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHICORA BY 125 PM CDT... CLARA BY 130 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3167 8863 3131 8839 3128 8844 3159 8880 TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 143DEG 37KT 3134 8846 $$ PURDY
000
WWUS54 KMOB 011820
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
120 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
ALC129-MSC041-011830-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-080901T1830Z/
WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-
120 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND WEST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTIES 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 3159 8880 3167 8863 3144 8851 3144 8862
3145 8863 3145 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 143DEG 37KT 3145 8855
$$
MSC153-011830-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0126.000000T0000Z-080901T1830Z/
WAYNE MS-
120 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF
CHATOM...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 43 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CLARA BY 130 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3159 8880 3167 8863 3144 8851 3144 8862
3145 8863 3145 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 143DEG 37KT 3145 8855
$$
PURDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 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, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 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, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 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, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 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, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr | |
| 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, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 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, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 52 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.