Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2008, 2:34 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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
- Jun 30, 2008, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2008, 2:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 301935
TORMOB
ALC003-302015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0069.080630T1934Z-080630T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
234 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 230 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF BON
SECOUR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH. RADAR HAS INDICATED AN
INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL ROTATION WITH THIS STORM DURING THE PAST
FIVE MINUTES.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BON SECOUR BY 240 PM CDT...
OAK BY 245 PM CDT...
ROMAR BEACH BY 255 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.
LAT...LON 3026 8782 3027 8778 3029 8776 3033 8779
3034 8759 3034 8758 3034 8751 3032 8752
3030 8752 3029 8754 3027 8756 3023 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 286DEG 26KT 3029 8780
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 301950
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
248 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008
ALC003-302015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080630T2015Z/
BALDWIN AL-
248 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 244 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED AROUND GULF SHORES AND WILL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROMAR BEACH BY 255 PM CDT AND THEN OFFSHORE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3026 8782 3027 8778 3029 8776 3033 8779
3034 8759 3034 8758 3034 8751 3032 8752
3030 8752 3029 8754 3027 8756 3023 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 286DEG 26KT 3026 8768
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 301955
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
255 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008
ALC003-302005-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080630T2015Z/
BALDWIN AL-
255 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS NOW
CANCELLED...
THE PORTION OF THE STORM CONTAINING THE POTENTIAL TORNADO HAS SINCE
MOVED OFFSHROE.
LAT...LON 3026 8782 3027 8778 3029 8776 3033 8779
3034 8759 3034 8758 3034 8751 3032 8752
3030 8752 3029 8754 3027 8756 3023 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 286DEG 26KT 3025 8762
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jun 30, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jun 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jun 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Jun 30, 1:53 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 67 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 62 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.