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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 11:06 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- May 15, 2008, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 151607
TORMOB
ALC003-053-151630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0057.080515T1606Z-080515T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1106 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RABUN...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LOTTIE BY 1120 AM CDT...
REDTOWN BY 1125 AM CDT...
BOONEVILLE...MCCULLOUGH...POARCH AND JEDDO BY 1130 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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT
(2 5 1) 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3117 8738 3097 8778 3104 8785 3126 8765
3125 8763 3123 8754 3126 8751 3128 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 228DEG 30KT 3104 8776
$$
PURDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| May 15, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 67 min |
| May 15, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 59 min |
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 52 min |
| May 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 23 min |
| May 15, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 39 min |
| May 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 15, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| May 15, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 39 min |
| May 15, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 15, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 15, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 28 min |
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 40 min |
| May 15, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| May 15, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| May 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| May 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 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.