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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 1:12 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 6 reports 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 1:12 PM CST (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Dixie, AL | 1 HOUSE DESTROYED...1 HOUSE DAMAGED...TREES SNAPPED IN HALF...BETWEEN MILE MARKER 23 AND 24 ON HWY 29 |
| Feb 17, 1:19 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Dixie, AL | EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE...ALSO POWERLINES DOWN AND SHINGLES OFF A ROOF |
| Feb 17, 1:41 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gantt, AL | TREES DOWN ON US 29. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Feb 17, 1:58 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Dozier, AL | |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM CST | TORNADO | Dozier, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Feb 17, 2:10 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 N Dozier, AL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 12:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 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 171913
TORMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-053-172015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0031.080217T1912Z-080217T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
112 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 110 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST
OF DIXIE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLEASANT HOME BY 120 PM CST...
BECK AND LOANGO BY 125 PM CST...
RIVER FALLS AND ANDALUSIA BY 135 PM CST...
GANTT AND HEATH BY 140 PM CST...
CLEARVIEW BY 145 PM CST...
DOZIER AND ROSE HILL BY 150 PM 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.
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 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3129 8626 3104 8655 3109 8682 3118 8688
3152 8671 3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 225DEG 42KT 3116 8674
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 171927
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
125 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC035-053-171935-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080217T2015Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-
125 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH AND NORTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3116 8641 3115 8645 3117 8668 3143 8667
3144 8669 3152 8670 3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 225DEG 42KT 3127 8661
$$
ALC013-039-041-172015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080217T2015Z/
COVINGTON AL-BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
125 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 123 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE RADAR INDICATED CIRCULATION IS
...VERY STRONG... THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BECK...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAROLINA BY 130 PM CST...
RIVER FALLS AND ANDALUSIA BY 135 PM CST...
GANTT AND HEATH BY 140 PM CST...
CLEARVIEW BY 145 PM CST...
DOZIER AND ROSE HILL BY 150 PM CST...
BRANTLEY BY 200 PM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3116 8641 3115 8645 3117 8668 3143 8667
3144 8669 3152 8670 3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 225DEG 42KT 3127 8661
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 171939
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
138 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC013-039-041-172015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080217T2015Z/
COVINGTON AL-BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
138 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN COVINGTON
COUNTIES...
AT 137 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST HEATH...OR ABOUT NEAR ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
...THE STORMS CIRCULATION REMAINS VERY STRONG...
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CLEARVIEW AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EODA BY 145 PM CST...
DOZIER AND ROSE HILL BY 150 PM CST...
BRANTLEY BY 200 PM CST...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3132 8628 3124 8643 3128 8659 3143 8667
3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 225DEG 42KT 3138 8648
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 171951
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
148 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC039-041-172015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080217T2015Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
148 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 145 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AND VERY STRONG
CIRCULATION THAT WAS POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF GANTT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR GANTT ...OR VERY NEAR WHERE RADAR
INDICATED THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION. OTHER DELAYED STORM DAMAGE
REPORTS ARE STARTING TO FUNNEL IN NEAR THE ESCAMBIA ALABAMA AND
COVINGTON COUNTY LINES.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DOZIER BY 155 PM CST...
BRANTLEY BY 205 PM CST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3132 8629 3132 8637 3134 8646 3143 8652
3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 234DEG 40KT 3140 8638
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 172002
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
ALC039-041-172015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080217T2015Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
200 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 154 PM CST...REPORTS CONTINUED TO FLOW INTO THE NWS MOBILE
ALABAMA NWS OFFICE OF POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF A DOZIER TO ROSE HILL LINE...AND
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN DOZIER ALABAMA AROUND 158 PM
CST.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRANTLEY BY 205 PM CST...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3161 8612 3155 8612 3152 8617 3140 8617
3139 8627 3143 8638 3148 8640 3171 8642
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 226DEG 42KT 3152 8627
$$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, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| 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, 1:21 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.