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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2008Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. 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, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 838 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2008-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011046
TORMOB
ALC003-097-011145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0098.080901T1046Z-080901T1145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
546 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 544 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES         
  SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 63 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLEFONTAINE BY 600 AM CDT...
  THEODORE AND MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK BY 605 AM CDT...
  SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOTCH...DAWES AND HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  BY 610 AM CDT...
  SEVEN HILLS BY 615 AM CDT...
  TANNER WILLIAMS BY 620 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 3023 8787 3025 8791 3028 8777 3029 8776
      3042 8793 3038 8808 3026 8792 3058 8841
      3095 8842 3067 8801 3065 8805 3058 8808
      3044 8809 3042 8793 3050 8795 3055 8791
      3061 8792 3028 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 130DEG 55KT 3037 8792

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Sep 1, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Sep 1, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile60 min
Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Sep 1, 3:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Sep 1, 4:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Sep 1, 4:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Sep 1, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Sep 1, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Sep 1, 5:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Sep 1, 5:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Sep 1, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Sep 1, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington39 min
Sep 1, 6:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile62 min
Sep 1, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Sep 1, 6:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile41 min
Sep 1, 7:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Sep 1, 7:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington40 min
Sep 1, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin50 min
Sep 1, 8:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
Sep 1, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin61 min
Sep 1, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin51 min
Sep 1, 8:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Sep 1, 8:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Sep 1, 8:39 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile38 min
Sep 1, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningMOB22 hr
Sep 1, 11:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile9 min
Sep 1, 11:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBMobile34 hr
Sep 1, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin24 min
Sep 1, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin28 hr
Sep 1, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin33 min
Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington44 min
Sep 1, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Sep 1, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile38 min
Sep 1, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington33 min
Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile28 min
Sep 1, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington49 min
Sep 1, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin21 min
Sep 1, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile40 min
Sep 1, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington25 min
Sep 1, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington3 hr
Sep 1, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Sep 1, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin22 min
Sep 1, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington40 min
Sep 1, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile52 min
Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Mobile, Washington3 hr

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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.