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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT for Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 6:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, AL, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 252242 TORMOB ALC013-039-041-252315- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0091.080825T2242Z-080825T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 542 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 542 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKY STREAK...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OAKY STREAK BY 550 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. LAT...LON 3172 8647 3160 8637 3149 8659 3152 8662 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 223DEG 25KT 3152 8659 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 252253
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
553 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC039-252303-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080825T2315Z/
COVINGTON AL-
553 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3153 8655 3157 8658 3172 8647 3161 8638
3160 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 223DEG 25KT 3158 8653
$$
ALC013-041-252315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080825T2315Z/
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
553 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...
AT 553 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
NEAR OAKY STREAK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PIGEON CREEK BY 605 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.
LAT...LON 3153 8655 3157 8658 3172 8647 3161 8638
3160 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 223DEG 25KT 3158 8653
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 252307
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
ALC013-041-252317-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-080825T2315Z/
BUTLER AL-CRENSHAW AL-
607 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3153 8655 3157 8658 3172 8647 3161 8638
3160 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 223DEG 25KT 3165 8645
$$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, 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 |
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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.