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Tornado Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 5:31 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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
- Sep 1, 2008, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 31, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 011031
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-011130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0097.080901T1031Z-080901T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
531 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SERIES OF ROTATING THUNDERTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTY TO PENSACOLA TO 40 5 MILES SOUTH OF DESTIN...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 57 MPH.
* THE FIRST STORM IN THE SERIES WILL BE NEAR...
LILLIAN BY 535 AM CDT...
ELSANOR BY 545 AM CDT...
ROSINTON BY 555 AM CDT...
LOXLEY BY 600 AM CDT...
A SERIES OF STATEMENTS WILL FOLLOW UPDATING THIS FAST BREAKING
SITUATION.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8749 3034 8748 3035 8753 3058 8787
3079 8766 3044 8716 3038 8725 3034 8726
3034 8720 3035 8719 3036 8722 3041 8711
3039 8708 3033 8715 3031 8726 3033 8730
3030 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 129DEG 50KT 3036 8735
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WFUS54 KMOB 011041 CCA
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-011130-
/O.COR.KMOB.TO.W.0097.080901T1031Z-080901T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
541 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SERIES OF ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY TO PENSACOLA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF DESTIN...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 57 MPH.
* THE FIRST STORM IN THE SERIES WILL BE NEAR...
LILLIAN BY 535 AM CDT...
ELSANOR BY 545 AM CDT...
ROSINTON BY 555 AM CDT...
LOXLEY BY 600 AM CDT...
A SERIES OF STATEMENTS WILL FOLLOW UPDATING THIS FAST BREAKING
SITUATION.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8749 3034 8748 3035 8753 3058 8787
3079 8766 3044 8716 3038 8725 3034 8726
3034 8720 3035 8719 3036 8722 3041 8711
3039 8708 3033 8715 3031 8726 3033 8730
3030 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 129DEG 50KT 3036 8735
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 011051
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
551 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
ALC003-FLC033-113-011130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080901T1130Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
550 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTIES...
AT 548 AM CDT...THE NEXT POTENTIAL TORNADO TO DEVELOP OR MOVE
ONSHORE WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULF BREEZE...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 57 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PENSACOLA NAVAL BASE...GULF BREEZE AND PENSACOLA BY 605 AM CDT...
WARRINGTON...MYRTLE GROVE...WEST PENSACOLA AND BROWNSVILLE BY 610
AM CDT...
BELLVIEW BY 615 AM CDT...
BEULAH AND LILLIAN BY 620 AM CDT...
AGAIN...THIS IS ONLY ONE IN A SERIES OF TORNADOES THAT WILL CONTINUE
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE
STATEMENTS TO FOLLOW.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8749 3034 8748 3035 8753 3058 8787
3079 8766 3044 8716 3038 8725 3034 8726
3034 8720 3035 8719 3036 8722 3041 8711
3039 8708 3033 8715 3031 8726 3033 8730
3030 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 129DEG 50KT 3022 8704
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 011103
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
603 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
ALC003-FLC033-113-011130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080901T1130Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
601 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTIES...
AT 558 AM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR SEMINOLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 57 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBERTSDALE BY 610 AM CDT...
ROSINTON...6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOXLEY...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GATESWOOD AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVERHILL BY 615 AM CDT...
AGAIN...THIS IS JUST ONE IN A SERIES OF POTENTIAL TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF BALDWIN COUNTY OF SW
ALABAMA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. MORE STATEMENTS TO FOLLOW
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8749 3034 8748 3035 8753 3058 8787
3079 8766 3044 8716 3038 8725 3034 8726
3034 8720 3035 8719 3036 8722 3041 8711
3039 8708 3033 8715 3031 8726 3033 8730
3030 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 132DEG 50KT 3053 8749
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 011111
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
611 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
ALC003-FLC033-113-011130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080901T1130Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
611 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTIES...
AT 607 AM CDT.... A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR SEMINOLE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROSINTON...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESWOOD AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROBERTSDALE BY 620 AM CDT...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOXLEY BY 625 AM CDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8749 3034 8748 3035 8753 3058 8787
3079 8766 3044 8716 3038 8725 3034 8726
3034 8720 3035 8719 3036 8722 3041 8711
3039 8708 3033 8715 3031 8726 3033 8730
3030 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 134DEG 39KT 3058 8756
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr | |
| Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 min |
| Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 6:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 7:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 10:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.