Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2015

Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 28, 2015Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2015, 9:39 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2015, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 28, 9:32 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 9:32 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 5:27 AM CDT, 16 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
527 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291200-
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-
527 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF I65 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CARRY OVER INTO
THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING BRIEF
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS FORECAST BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
APPROACH THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND LIFT
NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
ERIKA'S ULTIMATE TRACK WILL DEPEND ON THE STRENGTH AND STORM
STRUCTURE FOLLOWING INTERACTION WITH THE HIGH TERRAIN OF HISPANIOLA
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA...REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND
DISCUSSIONS BE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-291200-
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-
527 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS FORECAST BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TO
APPROACH THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND LIFT
NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
ERIKA'S ULTIMATE TRACK WILL DEPEND ON THE STRENGTH AND STORM
STRUCTURE FOLLOWING INTERACTION WITH THE HIGH TERRAIN OF HISPANIOLA
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA...REFER TO THE LATEST ADVISORIES AND
DISCUSSIONS BE THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 7:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
710 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

ALZ054-290115-
WILCOX AL-
710 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST
CENTRAL WILCOX IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 709 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF OAK HILL...OR 19 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL WILCOX
COUNTY.

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 3214 8725 3212 8726 3212 8725 3210 8723
      3208 8719 3207 8719 3206 8718 3205 8718
      3205 8687 3196 8687 3196 8691 3192 8691
      3194 8729 3215 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 091DEG 16KT 3202 8696

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	65 min
Aug 29, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Aug 29, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Aug 29, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 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.