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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2008Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 7:58 PM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2008, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 8:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Monroeville, AL	PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MONROEVILLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 1040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 110158
TORMOB
ALC025-099-110245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.080111T0158Z-080111T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONROEVILLE...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 755 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHOCTAW
  BLUFF...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GAINESTOWN...ALMA AND MANILLA BY 805 PM CST...
  BARLOW BEND BY 810 PM CST...
  MANISTEE BY 820 PM CST...
  PERDUE HILL AND CLAIBORNE BY 825 PM CST...
  MEXIA AND FOUNTAIN BY 830 PM CST...
  WEST MONROEVILLE BY 835 PM CST...

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 3156 8715 3130 8778 3133 8780 3130 8779
      3127 8784 3137 8789 3139 8789 3144 8793
      3177 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 246DEG 39KT 3140 8778

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 110225
SVSMOB

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

ALC099-110245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080111T0245Z/
MONROE AL-
824 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR MONROE
COUNTY...

AT 823 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PERDUE HILL...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MEXIA BY 830 PM CST...
  MONROEVILLE...WEST MONROEVILLE AND FOUNTAIN BY 835 PM CST...
  PETERMAN...TUNNEL SPRINGS AND BURNT CORN BY 845 PM CST...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT 
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO THE SAFEST 
PLACE WHICH 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.

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 3155 8716 3145 8742 3145 8745 3137 8760
      3137 8763 3141 8763 3145 8756 3148 8756
      3175 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 247DEG 38KT 3149 8749

$$

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, 6:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe	44 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, 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.