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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 27, 2015Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2015, 12:28 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2015, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2015-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 27, 4:35 AM CDT, 7 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 4:35 AM CDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1228 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015

ALZ052-MSZ067-271800-
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
1228 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1227 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKATUNNA...
OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKATUNNA...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL AND 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.

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 3159 8859 3158 8827 3134 8834 3138 8845
      3144 8845 3143 8862 3144 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 291DEG 15KT 3149 8853

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia57 min
Jun 27, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe30 min
Jun 27, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington37 min
Jun 27, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia32 min
Jun 27, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia31 min
Jun 27, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia34 min
Jun 27, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia55 min
Jun 27, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin63 min
Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile37 min
Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Jun 27, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile59 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Jun 27, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington30 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jun 27, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington43 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Jun 27, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Jun 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa50 min
Jun 27, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa67 min
Jun 27, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry63 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.