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Tornado Warning 148, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lillian, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD NEAR LILLIAN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 021312
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-021415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0148.080902T1312Z-080902T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
812 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
WESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 805 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PENSACOLA
NAVAL BASE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER SOUTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES...MOVING NORTHWARD AT
20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BELLVIEW BY 815 AM CDT...
GONZALEZ BY 825 AM CDT...
CANTONMENT BY 830 AM CDT...
COTTAGE HILL BY 835 AM CDT...
MOLINO BY 845 AM CDT...
MCDAVID BY 900 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.
LAT...LON 3033 8747 3036 8742 3036 8744 3034 8747
3088 8759 3095 8716 3045 8706 3045 8710
3052 8710 3058 8717 3054 8717 3050 8714
3039 8717 3042 8717 3038 8725 3033 8726
3029 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 1308Z 175DEG 33KT 3039 8730
$$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 | Escambia | 14 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 38 min |
| 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, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Sep 2, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.