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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 3:43 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 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 25, 2008, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 250843 TORMOB ALC035-053-250930- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0079.080825T0843Z-080825T0930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 343 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF I65 AND AL 113...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF BREWTON... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTY AT 400 AM 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 900 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3132 8734 3134 8723 3111 8723 3112 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 179DEG 31KT 3121 8728 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 250857 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ALC035-053-250907- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080825T0930Z/ ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL- 357 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3132 8734 3134 8723 3111 8723 3112 8732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 179DEG 31KT 3133 8728 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 111 min | |
| Aug 24, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| Aug 25, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 110 min | |
| Aug 25, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 4:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 4:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 104 min | |
| Aug 25, 4:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:07 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr | |
| Aug 25, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 5:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 25, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Aug 25, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Aug 25, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 16 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Aug 25, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 25, 12:08 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Watch | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Aug 25, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.