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Tornado Warning 146, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 2, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 1194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 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 021200
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-021245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0146.080902T1200Z-080902T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
700 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 655 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GULF BREEZE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GULF BREEZE BY 705 AM CDT...
WARRINGTON BY 720 AM CDT...
WEST PENSACOLA AND BROWNSVILLE BY 725 AM CDT...
BELLVIEW BY 740 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3034 8727 3034 8725 3034 8728 3042 8737
3045 8736 3046 8737 3043 8738 3050 8745
3062 8730 3042 8718 3038 8725 3034 8725
3034 8720 3037 8722 3039 8717 3034 8714
3033 8715 3031 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 144DEG 17KT 3033 8718
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 021236
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
736 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
FLC113-021246-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-080902T1245Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
736 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3036 8724 3035 8726 3036 8727 3035 8728
3035 8730 3042 8737 3045 8736 3046 8737
3043 8738 3049 8744 3050 8743 3055 8737
3040 8724 3038 8725 3036 8725 3033 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 131DEG 9KT 3040 8729
$$
ALC003-FLC033-021245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0146.000000T0000Z-080902T1245Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
736 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
AT 731 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR WARRINGTON...OR ABOUT NEAR PENSACOLA...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BELLVIEW BY 745 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3036 8724 3035 8726 3036 8727 3035 8728
3035 8730 3042 8737 3045 8736 3046 8737
3043 8738 3049 8744 3050 8743 3055 8737
3040 8724 3038 8725 3036 8725 3033 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 131DEG 9KT 3040 8729
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 14 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:49 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 18 hr | |
| Sep 2, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Sep 2, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Sep 2, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Sep 2, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 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.