Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 3:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 042029
TORMOB
ALC131-042100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0042.080404T2029Z-080404T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
329 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
ESTELLE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ACKERVILLE BY 340 PM CDT...
THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY
THROUGH 345 PM 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 8715 3206 8706 3204 8701 3196 8721
3202 8727 3211 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 242DEG 31KT 3201 8719
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 042036
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
335 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
ALC131-042100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080404T2100Z/
WILCOX AL-
335 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST
OF ACKERVILLE AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ACKERVILLE BY 345 PM CDT...
THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
WILCOX COUNTY THROUGH 350 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 8715 3206 8706 3204 8701 3198 8716
3200 8720 3203 8724 3209 8720 3209 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 236DEG 25KT 3203 8716
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 042044
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
344 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
ALC131-042052-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080404T2100Z/
WILCOX AL-
344 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS SINCE MOVED NORTHEAST OF WILCOX COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 8715 3206 8706 3204 8701 3198 8716
3200 8720 3203 8724 3209 8720 3209 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 236DEG 25KT 3206 8711
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.