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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2015, 2:11 PM CDT for Wilcox 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
- Jun 10, 2015, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 10, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 508 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111015- 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- 508 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY AND MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-111015- 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- 508 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 28 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.