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Tornado Warning 153, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 11:07 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 021607
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-021645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0153.080902T1607Z-080902T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1107 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 1102 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JOHNSONS BEACH...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING
NORTH AT 18 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JOHNSONS BEACH BY 1115 AM CDT...
LILLIAN BY 1140 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 3042 8770 3053 8741 3044 8736 3043 8737
3043 8736 3032 8730 3028 8752 3028 8753
3029 8754 3027 8756 3026 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 159DEG 16KT 3027 8738
$$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, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 63 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.