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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 12:42 PM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw 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, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 251742
TORMOB
ALC039-041-251815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0089.080825T1742Z-080825T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1242 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1240 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLEARVIEW...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DOZIER BY 1250 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3132 8636 3141 8655 3171 8634 3164 8617
3163 8617 3163 8616 3162 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 209DEG 29KT 3144 8641
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 251747
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1247 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC039-041-251815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080825T1815Z/
COVINGTON AL-CRENSHAW AL-
1247 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW AND NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 1245 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
NEAR ROSE HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRANTLEY BY 105 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3136 8634 3144 8653 3146 8651 3163 8639
3165 8639 3166 8637 3167 8637 3171 8634
3164 8618 3163 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 205DEG 29KT 3148 8639
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 251758
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1258 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC039-251807-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080825T1815Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1257 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1257 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
TORNADO PRODUCING STORM HAD MOVED NORTH OUT OF COVINGTON
COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR COVINGTON
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3146 8627 3154 8628 3154 8629 3150 8633
3150 8636 3146 8640 3153 8640 3153 8646
3163 8639 3165 8639 3166 8637 3171 8634
3163 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 205DEG 29KT 3155 8634
$$
ALC041-251815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080825T1815Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1257 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR DOZIER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRANTLEY BY 105 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3146 8627 3154 8628 3154 8629 3150 8633
3150 8636 3146 8640 3153 8640 3153 8646
3163 8639 3165 8639 3166 8637 3171 8634
3163 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 205DEG 29KT 3155 8634
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 251807
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
107 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC041-251815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080825T1815Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
106 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR BRANTLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
THE STORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF A WEAKENING AND IF THIS CONTINUES...THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 115 PM AND LIKELY
REPLACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.
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 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3146 8627 3154 8628 3154 8629 3150 8633
3150 8636 3146 8640 3153 8640 3153 8646
3163 8639 3165 8639 3166 8637 3171 8634
3163 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 206DEG 28KT 3161 8631
$$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, 5:40 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, 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.