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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2015, 11:44 AM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2015, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2015, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 23, 5:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 5:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 5:34 AM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 534 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241045- 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- 534 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. DAMAGING 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 WEDNESDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-241045- 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- 534 AM CDT THU JUL 23 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 EARLY TODAY AND DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1144 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015
ALZ058-231715-
CRENSHAW AL-
1144 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL CRENSHAW IN
SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...
AT 1142 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUVERNE...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENWOOD...
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.
SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
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 3166 8616 3164 8616 3174 8629 3180 8631
3182 8619 3181 8620 3179 8620 3179 8615
3166 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 285DEG 17KT 3177 8623The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jul 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 12:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 46 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2015Every 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.