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Tornado Warning 160, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2008, 11:03 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2008, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2008, 11:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 081603 TORMOB ALC039-081645- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0160.081008T1603Z-081008T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1103 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN BAY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREEN BAY BY 1110 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 3129 8619 3112 8619 3108 8634 3114 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 234DEG 17KT 3113 8631 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 081631 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1131 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 ALC039-081642- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0160.000000T0000Z-081008T1645Z/ COVINGTON AL- 1132 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3129 8619 3112 8619 3108 8634 3114 8639 TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 234DEG 17KT 3121 8618 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Oct 8, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Oct 8, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Oct 8, 11:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 80 min |
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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.