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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Mobile, AL

August 25, 2008Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 4:58 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2008, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Covington County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2008-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2008-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 250958
TORMOB
ALC039-251045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0082.080825T0958Z-080825T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
458 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 453 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WATKINS
  BRIDGE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTH AT 34
  MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BABBIE BY 515 AM CDT...
  EODA BY 525 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 3107 8634 3109 8652 3150 8640 3146 8640
      3150 8636 3150 8633 3151 8632 3149 8628
      3147 8628 3147 8626 3145 8626 3145 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 197DEG 30KT 3115 8640

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB111 min
Aug 24, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Aug 25, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB112 min
Aug 25, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile45 min
Aug 25, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe56 min
Aug 25, 1:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin46 min
Aug 25, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin18 min
Aug 25, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB110 min
Aug 25, 3:02 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe20 min
Aug 25, 3:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia14 min
Aug 25, 4:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe50 min
Aug 25, 4:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington47 min
Aug 25, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB104 min
Aug 25, 5:07 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOB12 hr
Aug 25, 5:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington40 min
Aug 25, 5:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington52 min
Aug 25, 5:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Aug 25, 5:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington50 min
Aug 25, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw63 min
Aug 25, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Aug 25, 6:17 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Aug 25, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington32 min
Aug 25, 6:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw43 min
Aug 25, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw51 min
Aug 25, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw44 min
Aug 25, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile51 min
Aug 25, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw44 min
Aug 25, 8:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB114 min
Aug 25, 8:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Aug 25, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBMobile16 hr
Aug 25, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia41 min
Aug 25, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Aug 25, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia45 min
Aug 25, 11:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Aug 25, 12:08 PM CDTCoastal Flood WatchMOB15 hr
Aug 25, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw39 min
Aug 25, 12:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw33 min
Aug 25, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw23 min
Aug 25, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw44 min
Aug 25, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBCrenshaw3 hr
Aug 25, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington34 min
Aug 25, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw25 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.