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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2015, 12:32 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 19, 2015, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 Jul 19, 4:17 AM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:17 AM CDT, 8 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 433 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-201200- 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- 433 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES MOSTLY BETWEEN 108 TO 112 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 106 TO 112 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-201200- 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- 433 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:50 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ALZ051-191715- CHOCTAW AL- 1150 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1150 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEEDHAM...OR 10 MILES WEST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LISMAN... NEEDHAM... 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. 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 3220 8824 3194 8823 3201 8846 3215 8844 TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 277DEG 11KT 3209 8840
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1232 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
ALZ051-191800-
CHOCTAW AL-
1232 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WEST
CENTRAL CHOCTAW IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1232 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEEDHAM...OR
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GILBERTOWN... TOXEY... NEEDHAM...
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.
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 3191 8812 3190 8813 3188 8814 3182 8845
3205 8841 3207 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 350DEG 11KT 3198 8828The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Jul 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Jul 19, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jul 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 53 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.