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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

August 22, 201410 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this heat advisory at Aug 22, 2014, 3:14 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 22, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2014, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 21, 11:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 11:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 5:20 AM CDT, 21 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-221030-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
520 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM THE 104 TO 107 CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...POSSIBLY STRONG...CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY
OVER INLAND AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE BETWEEN 104 AND
108 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH
ISOLATED LOCATIONS REACHING AS HIGH AS 110. THE ELEVATED TO HIGH
HEAT INDICES MAY BRING AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED
ILLNESSES INTO THE WEEKEND. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF PLANNING TO BE
OUTDOORS AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BECOME
NECESSARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-221030-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
520 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 3:14 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more40 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Alabama, 2014Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2014Heat Advisories in Florida, 2014Every heat advisory in 2014

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.