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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 24, 2015Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2015, 5:20 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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 24, 2015, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 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 Jun 24, 4:25 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:25 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 11:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1132 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251645-
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-
1132 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES. HOWEVER... WIDESPREAD SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BUT
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME,,

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-251645-
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-
1132 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST FETCH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY
NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT REACHING CAUTIONARY LEVELS
FOR SMALL CRAFT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:26 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:31 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
437 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ALZ261-262-264-242200-
MOBILE INLAND AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-
437 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN BALDWIN AND
EASTERN MOBILE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 437 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR I65 AND AL 225 TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STAPLETON...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...              SARALAND...            SPANISH FORT...
SATSUMA...             ROBERTSDALE...         CREOLA...
LOXLEY...              AXIS...                STAPLETON...
I65 AND US 43...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3067 8792 3067 8795 3075 8792 3071 8796
      3071 8797 3068 8796 3079 8800 3080 8806
      3087 8811 3098 8797 3091 8791 3088 8791
      3076 8792 3091 8790 3067 8764 3049 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 049DEG 10KT 3096 8793 3070 8769

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
445 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ALZ263-265-242245-
MOBILE CENTRAL AL-MOBILE COASTAL AL-
445 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 444 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR
GRAND BAY... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND BAY...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3039 8831 3040 8834 3039 8835 3041 8835
      3039 8837 3040 8837 3039 8838 3038 8838
      3039 8840 3061 8840 3049 8821 3039 8827
      3039 8830 3037 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 035DEG 9KT 3044 8839

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ALZ261-263-MSZ079-242245-
MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-GEORGE MS-
450 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MOBILE AND
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 448 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GULFCREST TO NEAR WADE...AND
MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUCEDALE...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3073 8876 3100 8862 3100 8843
      3111 8843 3111 8833 3114 8833 3114 8828
      3060 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 068DEG 6KT 3096 8841 3069 8858

BUTTS

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ALZ263-265-242315-
MOBILE CENTRAL AL-MOBILE COASTAL AL-
520 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...

AT 519 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TILLMANS
CORNER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...              BAYOU LA BATRE...      GRAND BAY...
TILLMANS CORNER...     THEODORE...
REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...            BELLE FONTAINE...
CODEN...               I10 AND I65...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3037 8826 3038 8825 3039 8829 3049 8840
      3060 8841 3073 8818 3061 8806 3058 8807
      3057 8809 3055 8808 3053 8808 3036 8819
      3036 8821 3038 8824 3035 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 048DEG 8KT 3062 8818

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jun 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	51 min
Jun 23, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Jun 24, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	53 min
Jun 24, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	40 min
Jun 24, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	61 min
Jun 24, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	58 min
Jun 24, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Jun 24, 6:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	3 hr
Jun 24, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 min
Jun 24, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	44 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Jun 24, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	64 min
Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	23 min
Jun 24, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	60 min
Jun 24, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		51 min
Jun 24, 11:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	24 min
Jun 24, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	47 min
Jun 24, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	67 min
Jun 24, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	66 min
Jun 24, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	39 min
Jun 24, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	44 min
Jun 24, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	43 min
Jun 24, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry, Stone	52 min
Jun 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Stone	41 min
Jun 24, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	53 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	55 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George	112 min

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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.