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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 30, 2015Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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
May 30, 2015, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 30, 4:57 AM CDT, 9 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:57 AM CDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 6:11 AM CDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
611 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-311115-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
611 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT. FOG COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION AGAIN TODAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA
AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

MAINLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-311115-
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-
611 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA TODAY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA
EACH DAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES
AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 2:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

ALZ059-FLZ203-302045-
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ESCAMBIA AND
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 240 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
US 29 AND CR 43...OR 14 MILES EAST OF EAST BREWTON...MOVING NORTH AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
US 29 AND CR 43...     DIXIE...               MCLELLAN...
DAMASCUS...            ROCK CREEK...          PARKER SPRINGS...
BELANDVILLE...         SELLERSVILLE...        ROBERTS...
MARIETTA...            SANTA MARIA...         BRADLEY...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING WIRED
TELEPHONES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUTSIDE PHONE LINES.

LAT...LON 3100 8673 3100 8679 3093 8679 3095 8695
      3126 8699 3119 8676 3118 8677 3117 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 187DEG 18KT 3102 8684

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe59 min
May 30, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe22 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.