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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 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, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2008, 1:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 151815
TORMOB
ALC041-151900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0068.080515T1815Z-080515T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
115 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUVERNE...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUVERNE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUTLEDGE BY 120 PM CDT...
RUTLEDGE AND LUVERNE BY 125 PM CDT...
PATSBURG AND LIVE OAK BY 135 PM CDT...
PETREY BY 140 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 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3184 8617 3181 8618 3178 8614 3175 8612
3163 8627 3160 8639 3166 8643 3184 8634
3188 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 222DEG 29KT 3168 8635
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 151834
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
133 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
ALC041-151843-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-080515T1900Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
133 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRENSHAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THERE ARE NO TORNADO WARNINGS IN EFFECT. THE STORM CIRCULATION
DISSIPATED IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES AND IS NOW EXITING NORTHEASTERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3184 8617 3181 8618 3178 8614 3175 8612
3163 8627 3160 8639 3166 8643 3184 8634
3188 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 180DEG 0KT 3166 8638
$$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, 12:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 28 min |
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 40 min |
| May 15, 1:16 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.