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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL

February 26, 2008Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2008, 6:45 AM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report 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 26, 2008, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 26, 7:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Highland Home, AL	A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE NORTH PART OF COUNTY.

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 26, 5:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 261245
TORMOB
ALC041-261300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.080226T1245Z-080226T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
645 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 642 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HIGHLAND HOME...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LUVERNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHLAND HOME BY 650 AM CST...
  BRADLEYTON BY 655 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.

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3205 8629 3199 8628 3196 8616 3188 8618
      3190 8644 3197 8646 3200 8641 3205 8641
      3207 8639 3207 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 295DEG 61KT 3200 8637

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261257
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
655 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

ALC041-261305-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080226T1300Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
655 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM CST...

THE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO HAS SINCE MOVED EAST OF THE EXREME 
NORTHERN PORTION OF CRENSHAW COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3205 8629 3199 8628 3196 8616 3188 8618
      3190 8644 3197 8646 3200 8641 3205 8641
      3207 8639 3207 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 295DEG 61KT 3193 8619

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 26, 4:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	63 min
Feb 26, 5:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	48 min
Feb 26, 5:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	64 min
Feb 26, 6:14 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Feb 26, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox	61 min
Feb 26, 6:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile	30 min
Feb 26, 7:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	54 min
Feb 26, 7:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.