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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 24, 2015Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2015, 11:59 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

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: 587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -11 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, 11:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 11:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
800 PM 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-
800 PM 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...TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 84. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE
STORMS WILL END LATE THIS EVENING WITH PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.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-
800 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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, 7:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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

ALZ057-250145-
BUTLER AL-
758 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 757 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORT DEPOSIT.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED COULD INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...          I65 AND AL 185...      I65 AND AL 10...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 40 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 3173 8649 3188 8679 3196 8670 3196 8645
      3186 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 033DEG 4KT 3196 8655

BUTTS

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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

ALZ051-250200-
CHOCTAW AL-
803 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 900
PM CDT...

AT 802 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALAMUCHA...OR
9 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LISMAN...              GILBERTOWN...          TOXEY...
NEEDHAM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE WIND GUSTS OF 50 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.

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

LAT...LON 3231 8824 3179 8821 3181 8847 3191 8847
      3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 004DEG 25KT 3232 8843

BUTTS

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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

ALZ057-250330-
BUTLER AL-
926 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL
1030 PM CDT...

AT 923 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LOGAN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
DEPOSIT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND LOWNDES COUNTIES.  THESE
STORMS MAY IMPACT PARTS OF BUTLER COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...          GEORGIANA...           I65 AND AL 185...
I65 AND AL 106...      I65 AND AL 10...

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.

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

LAT...LON 3183 8645 3166 8645 3165 8650 3153 8650
      3152 8659 3173 8689 3196 8670 3196 8645
      3186 8645 3184 8644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 039DEG 17KT 3193 8644

BUTTS

Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	47 min
Jun 24, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Jun 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	60 min
Jun 24, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	64 min
Jun 24, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	57 min
Jun 24, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	53 min
Jun 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2015 Every 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.