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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 8, 2015, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Aug 8, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:06 AM CDT, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 606 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091115- 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- 606 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DANGEROUS HEAT WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY AS THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 106 AND 110 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 108 AND 112 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-091115- 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- 606 AM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING OVER LOWER MOBILE BAY...THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW PREVAILS BEFORE DIMINISHING BY THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA AND ALSO POTENTIALLY MOVE OFFSHORE FROM NEAR THE COAST LATER TODAY. THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP EACH DAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
306 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015
ALZ051-053-054-082100-
CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-
306 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 306 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENNINGTON...
OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE... BUTLER... GROVE HILL...
PINE HILL... LISMAN... COFFEEVILLE...
FULTON... PENNINGTON... YELLOW BLUFF...
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 3223 8801 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
3202 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
3199 8767 3201 8762 3209 8762 3196 8727
3156 8800 3219 8832 3226 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 315DEG 22KT 3215 8812The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Aug 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 58 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.