Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 150, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 9:20 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 021420 TORMOB ALC003-FLC033-021500- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0150.080902T1420Z-080902T1500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 920 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 914 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LILLIAN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTH AT 8 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SEMINOLE BY 955 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 3063 8763 3065 8745 3040 8743 3039 8755 TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 173DEG 7KT 3044 8749 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 021429
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
929 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
FLC033-021439-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080902T1500Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
929 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3047 8758 3051 8759 3054 8760 3058 8761
3062 8763 3063 8762 3049 8746 3039 8754
3039 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 133DEG 17KT 3049 8757
$$
ALC003-021500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080902T1500Z/
BALDWIN AL-
929 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSANOR...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF
PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELSANOR BY 940 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 3047 8758 3051 8759 3054 8760 3058 8761
3062 8763 3063 8762 3049 8746 3039 8754
3039 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 133DEG 17KT 3049 8757
$$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, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| 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, 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.