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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

September 28, 2015Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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 28, 2015, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2015, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

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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 27, 6:09 PM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 6:09 PM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 8:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Sep 28, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Sep 28, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Mobile18 hr
Sep 28, 3:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Sep 28, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Sep 28, 5:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Sep 28, 6:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Sep 28, 6:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBConecuh3 hr
Sep 28, 6:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw3 hr
Sep 28, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Sep 28, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Sep 28, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Sep 28, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Sep 28, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Sep 28, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Sep 28, 1:12 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB8 hr
Sep 28, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Sep 28, 1:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Wilcox4 hr
Sep 28, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Sep 28, 7:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Sep 28, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa54 min
Sep 28, 9:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa4 hr
Sep 28, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa61 min
Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa55 min
Sep 28, 1:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Sep 28, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa52 min

Nearby

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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.