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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

January 21, 2016Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2016, 9:10 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
Jan 21, 2016, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2016, 10:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 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 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted.

090 
WWUS84 KMOB 220310
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
910 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
 
ALZ051>053-220400-
CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL-
910 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WESTERN CLARKE...WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 1000 PM CST...

AT 909 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF SILAS TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF MILLRY
TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRUITDALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...             THOMASVILLE...         GROVE HILL...
CHATOM...              MILLRY...              SILAS...
COFFEEVILLE...         FULTON...              MCINTOSH...
SAINT STEPHENS...      DEER PARK...           WAGARVILLE...

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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3170 8771 3126 8797 3119 8844 3142 8845
      3155 8838 3175 8841 3197 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 255DEG 31KT 3170 8834 3157 8831 3126 8849 

$$

BUTTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 6:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Jan 21, 6:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Jan 21, 6:50 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Jan 21, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw66 min
Jan 21, 7:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw63 min
Jan 21, 7:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia46 min
Jan 21, 8:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington10 days
Jan 21, 8:18 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington10 days
Jan 21, 8:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Jan 21, 8:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Jan 21, 8:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin23 min
Jan 21, 9:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington46 min
Jan 21, 9:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile41 min
Jan 21, 9:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia49 min
Jan 21, 9:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jan 21, 9:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Washington, Wilcox57 min
Jan 21, 9:51 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jan 21, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile47 min
Jan 21, 10:03 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jan 21, 10:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Jan 21, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia37 min
Jan 21, 10:47 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Jan 21, 10:58 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia32 min
Jan 21, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia40 min
Jan 21, 11:17 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB88 min
Jan 21, 11:40 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile19 hr
Jan 21, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia44 min
Jan 22, 12:00 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jan 22, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia64 min
Jan 22, 12:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jan 22, 1:02 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Jan 22, 1:31 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Jan 22, 1:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jan 22, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia9 days
Jan 21, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa58 min
Jan 21, 6:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia36 min
Jan 21, 8:01 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa119 min
Jan 21, 8:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa67 hr
Jan 22, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa64 min
Jan 22, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa43 min
Jan 22, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa31 min
Jan 21, 6:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry, Stone, Wayne52 min
Jan 21, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Wayne58 min
Jan 21, 8:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone63 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.