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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

October 31, 2015Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 31, 2015, 11:05 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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
Oct 31, 2015, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Oct 31, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 7:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

ALZ052>055-261-262-010045-
MONROE AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WILCOX AL-
BALDWIN INLAND AL-
701 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX IN SOUTHCENTRAL
ALABAMA...AND INLAND MOBILE...CLARKE...EASTERN WASHINGTON AND INLAND
BALDWIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR THOMASVILLE TO CITRONELLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...             THOMASVILLE...         CITRONELLE...
CAMDEN...              GROVE HILL...          MOUNT VERNON...
PINE HILL...           FULTON...              MCINTOSH...
YELLOW BLUFF...        MOWA CHOCTAW RESERVATION...
SAINT STEPHENS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE
NEEDED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
GREATLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AND CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS...WHICH MAY CAUSE VEHICLES TO HYDROPLANE. TRAVELERS ARE
URGED TO USE CAUTION.

LAT...LON 3096 8781 3101 8836 3199 8781 3199 8767
      3200 8763 3202 8762 3208 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 267DEG 24KT 3194 8777 3108 8825
Local storm report, Oct 31, 7:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
716 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NNE STRENGTHFORD      31.63N 88.88W
10/31/2015                   WAYNE              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE MOBILE HOME DAMAGED WITH POWER LINES AND 12 INCH
            DIAMETER TREES DOWN NEAR STRENGTHFORD.

&&

RROGERS
Special weather statement, Oct 31, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
804 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

ALZ262-264-010200-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-
804 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL BALDWIN AND INLAND BALDWIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 803 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM I65 AND AL 225 TO NEAR DAPHNE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAY MINETTE...         SPANISH FORT...        I65 AND AL 287...
I65 AND AL 225...      I65 AND AL 59...       STAPLETON...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL GREATLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AND CREATE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3064 8792 3075 8792 3074 8796 3071 8794
      3072 8800 3073 8800 3083 8794 3086 8797
      3094 8793 3092 8791 3076 8792 3088 8789
      3093 8791 3098 8787 3101 8790 3100 8760
      3085 8763 3062 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 309DEG 20KT 3096 8785 3061 8798
Local storm report, Oct 31, 8:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 31, 11:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile45 min
Oct 31, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Wilcox44 min
Oct 31, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile49 min
Oct 31, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox15 min
Oct 31, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Oct 31, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin56 min
Oct 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox36 min
Oct 31, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh48 min
Oct 31, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington71 min
Nov 1, 10:37 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB4 hr
Nov 1, 11:58 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile4 hr
Nov 1, 4:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa2 hr

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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.