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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL

May 15, 2008Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 12:48 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2008, 1:16 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 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 151747
TORMOB
ALC013-041-151830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0066.080515T1748Z-080515T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1248 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BUTLER
  SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 38 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HERBERT AND FOREST HOME BY 1255 PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALD BY 100 PM CDT...
  I65 AND AL 10 BY 105 PM CDT...
  I65 AND AL 185 AND GREENVILLE BY 110 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING 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 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3205 8628 3200 8629 3198 8626 3184 8626
      3170 8691 3183 8691 3199 8659 3198 8645
      3199 8642 3208 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 235DEG 33KT 3177 8685

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151816
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
116 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

ALC013-041-151826-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080515T1830Z/
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
116 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN BUTLER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3205 8628 3200 8629 3198 8626 3184 8626
      3170 8691 3183 8691 3199 8659 3198 8645
      3199 8642 3208 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 180DEG 0KT 3175 8688

$$

The 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, 11:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	24 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, 12:50 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.