Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2008, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 5:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fruitdale, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 3027 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 122213 TORMOB ALC129-MSC041-122300- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0071.080812T2213Z-080812T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 513 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF FRUITDALE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL MOVER OVER RURAL WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA AND RURAL NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI... WILL PASS NEAR SEABOARD BY 540 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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3139 8814 3127 8816 3133 8851 3139 8850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 279DEG 28KT 3136 8845 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 122226
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
MSC041-122235-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080812T2300Z/
GREENE MS-
525 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8837 3139 8829 3139 8815 3138 8814
3133 8815 3127 8816 3130 8830 3133 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 279DEG 28KT 3135 8833
$$
ALC129-122300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080812T2300Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
525 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 7 MILES WEST OF TIBBIE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
THE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR BETWEEN FRUITDALE AND
TIBBIE...BUT SOUTH OF TIBBIE. AND WILL APPROACH SEABOARD THEREAFTER.
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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8837 3139 8829 3139 8815 3138 8814
3133 8815 3127 8816 3130 8830 3133 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 279DEG 28KT 3135 8833
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 122250
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
ALC129-122258-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080812T2300Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
548 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE CIRCULATION HAS BECOME BROAD AND WEAKENED DRAMATICALLY IN THE
PAST 15 MINUTES. THIS IS THE TYPE OF STORM THAT COULD QUICKLY SPIN
UP ADDITIONAL CIRCULATIONS.
STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE LATER WARNINGS AS THIS STORM MOVES EAST
ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8837 3139 8829 3139 8815 3138 8814
3133 8815 3127 8816 3130 8830 3133 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 279DEG 28KT 3132 8812
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 41 hr | |
| Aug 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 17 min |
| Aug 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 54 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2008Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.