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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 5:40 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 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.
| 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 251040 TORMOB ALC039-251130- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0085.080825T1040Z-080825T1130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 540 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA... * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 535 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF RED OAK...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LIBERTYVILLE BY 600 AM CDT... SANFORD BY 615 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 3147 8645 3137 8623 3107 8649 3113 8660 TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 210DEG 16KT 3116 8650 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 251118
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
618 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC039-251130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-080825T1130Z/
COVINGTON AL-
618 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 617 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HEATH BY 625 AM CDT...
CLEARVIEW AND 8 MILES WEST OF EODA BY 630 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3107 8649 3113 8660 3137 8649 3138 8649
3141 8648 3146 8646 3147 8644 3141 8633
3141 8631 3139 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 210DEG 16KT 3134 8649
$$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, 3:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 14 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, 5:57 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.