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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2008Butler County, Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 6:31 PM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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: Jan 10, 2008, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Monroe 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
Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 288 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 110031
TORMOB
ALC013-035-099-110115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.080111T0031Z-080111T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
631 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINE
  ORCHARD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 640 PM CST...
  MIXONVILLE...AL 47 AND CR 29 ROADS AND DEANS BY 650 PM CST...
  AWIN BY 655 PM CST...
  BUTLER SPRINGS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STARLINGTON BY 700 PM
  CST...
  SAUCER AND FOREST HOME BY 705 PM CST...
  HERBERT BY 710 PM CST...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3192 8680 3168 8669 3155 8721 3169 8724
      3185 8695 3184 8692 3187 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 245DEG 31KT 3166 8715

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 110102
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
702 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

ALC035-099-110112-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080111T0115Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
702 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL
CONECUH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3192 8680 3168 8669 3164 8691 3180 8692
      3187 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 243DEG 29KT 3175 8687

$$

ALC013-110115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080111T0115Z/
BUTLER AL-
702 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY...

AT 659 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUTLER SPRINGS...
OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUCER...HERBERT AND FOREST HOME BY 710 PM CST...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3192 8680 3168 8669 3164 8691 3180 8692
      3187 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 243DEG 29KT 3175 8687

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 6:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	28 min
Jan 10, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	13 min
Jan 10, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	26 min
Jan 10, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	47 min
Jan 10, 8:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	31 min
Jan 10, 9:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Jan 10, 9:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	26 min
Jan 11, 1:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	37 min
Jan 11, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	17 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.