Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 154, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2008, 3:03 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 070803 TORMOB ALC003-070830- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0154.081007T0803Z-081007T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 303 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 302 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK MOVING NORTH AT 11 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OAK BY 315 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 3036 8775 3039 8764 3026 8763 3025 8771 TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 164DEG 10KT 3029 8767 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 12:22 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 98 min | |
| Oct 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Oct 7, 4:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 119 min |
| Oct 7, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
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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.