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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2015, 3:08 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
- Sep 5, 2015, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 Sep 5, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 6:33 AM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 633 AM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061200- 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- 633 AM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA COAST TODAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-061200- 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- 633 AM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STRONG ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MARINE STORMS DURING THE OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
308 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015
ALZ264-266-FLZ202-052045-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN COASTAL AL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL FL-
308 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
BALDWIN AND COASTAL BALDWIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND COASTAL
ESCAMBIA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 308 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LILLIAN...OR 7
MILES WEST OF BELLVIEW...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA... FOLEY... ORANGE BEACH...
ELBERTA... PERDIDO BEACH... LILLIAN...
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 3042 8778 3054 8740 3046 8736 3046 8740
3047 8742 3037 8732 3032 8744 3042 8742
3042 8743 3033 8744 3032 8749 3031 8745
3031 8758 3036 8760 3036 8761 3030 8762
3030 8749 3025 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 065DEG 22KT 3043 8744The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Sep 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 60 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.