Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 10:37 AM CST for 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 171637
TORMOB
ALC003-171715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.080217T1637Z-080217T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1037 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST
* AT 1035 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT
MORGAN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMETTO BEACH AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASQUE
BY 1055 AM CST...
TURKEY BRANCH...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY AND POINT CLEAR BY 1110 AM
CST...
MARLOW...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...HOUSTONVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BATTLES WHARF BY 1115 AM CST...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3023 8805 3029 8795 3026 8789 3028 8782
3036 8785 3042 8795 3048 8796 3054 8793
3040 8765 3029 8777 3031 8781 3026 8780
3020 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 214DEG 26KT 3021 8802
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 171649
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1048 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC003-171715-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080217T1715Z/
BALDWIN AL-
1048 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 1044 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE FORT MORGAN PENINSULA AND WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MOBILE BAY.
STORM MOTION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMETTO BEACH BY 1055 AM CST...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GASQUE BY 1100 AM CST...
MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY BY 1110 AM CST...
TURKEY BRANCH...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MARLOW AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
POINT CLEAR BY 1115 AM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND OR OVER THE WATER...OR IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY
OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3023 8805 3029 8795 3026 8789 3028 8782
3036 8785 3042 8795 3048 8796 3054 8793
3040 8765 3029 8777 3031 8781 3026 8780
3020 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 221DEG 24KT 3027 8796
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 171659
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1058 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC003-171715-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080217T1715Z/
BALDWIN AL-
1058 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 1054 AM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 TO 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...TURKEY BRANCH...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA
SPRINGS AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARLOW BY 1115 AM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8782 3033 8784 3036 8785 3042 8795
3048 8796 3054 8793 3040 8765 3030 8776
3030 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 221DEG 13KT 3030 8791
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 9:48 AM CST | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Feb 17, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 27 min |
| Feb 17, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Feb 17, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 11:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Feb 17, 11:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Feb 17, 11:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Feb 17, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 61 min |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 12:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 17, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 12:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 17, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 63 min |
| Feb 17, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 17, 1:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 17, 2:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Feb 17, 2:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 31 min |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 59 min |
| Feb 17, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Feb 17, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 47 min |
| Feb 17, 3:24 PM CST | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 50 min |
| Feb 17, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 3:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Feb 17, 4:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 17, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 52 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.