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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 10:11 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10:15 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 E Loxley, AL | SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED NEAR WILCOX ROAD. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 021511 TORMOB ALC003-FLC033-021600- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0151.080902T1511Z-080902T1600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1011 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE... * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 1006 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF GATESWOOD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 14 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY AT 1030 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 3094 8780 3098 8762 3060 8753 3058 8762 TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 165DEG 12KT 3068 8759 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 021529 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1029 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ALC003-FLC033-021600- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-080902T1600Z/ BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL- 1025 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES... AT 1020 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORM CONTAINING THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR GATESWOOD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 14 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PHILLIPSVILLE...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARNEY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF DYAS BY 1100 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3094 8780 3098 8762 3060 8753 3058 8762 TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 169DEG 12KT 3073 8763 $$
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, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 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
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2008Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
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.