Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 137, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 2:44 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 011944
TORMOB
MSC153-012030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0137.080901T1944Z-080901T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
244 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DENHAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 44 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
4 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO AT 255 PM CDT...
BOICE BY 300 PM CDT...
HIWANNEE BY 305 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.
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 3183 8888 3185 8873 3184 8871 3185 8870
3185 8867 3186 8859 3171 8847 3156 8846
3153 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 143DEG 38KT 3160 8852
$$
PURDY2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011959 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 259 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 MSC153-012030- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080901T2030Z/ WAYNE MS- 258 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY... AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 44 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIWANNEE BY 305 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3183 8888 3185 8862 3169 8855 3164 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 143DEG 38KT 3173 8863 $$ PURDY
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012018 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 318 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 MSC153-012029- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080901T2030Z/ WAYNE MS- 319 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE 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 3183 8888 3185 8862 3169 8855 3164 8862 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 139DEG 35KT 3188 8879 $$ PURDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 44 min |
| 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, 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 |
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.