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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2008, 6:44 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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
- Aug 12, 2008, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2008, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 122344
TORMOB
ALC003-053-099-130045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0073.080812T2344Z-080813T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
644 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 641 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLACKSHER...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING EAST AT
18 MPH. THIS IS A PERSISTENT ROTATION.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BLACKSHER BY 700 PM CDT...
BOONEVILLE BY 725 PM CDT...
JEDDO BY 740 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.
REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS 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 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3123 8784 3128 8781 3128 8780 3128 8779
3124 8748 3116 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 280DEG 16KT 3124 8780
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 130001
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
ALC003-053-099-130011-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-080813T0045Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-BALDWIN AL-
701 PM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
SHOULD THE CIRCULATION RE-DEVELOP A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE
RE-ISSUED. OTHERWISE...THE STORMS CIRCULATION HAS DECREASED
DRAMATICALLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3123 8784 3128 8781 3128 8780 3128 8779
3124 8748 3116 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 280DEG 16KT 3123 8771
$$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, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 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, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.