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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

February 3, 2016Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 3, 2016, 5:44 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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: Feb 3, 2016, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2016, 6:45 AM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.

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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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 518 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.2

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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 Feb 3, 4:56 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 4:56 AM CST, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:33 AM CST, 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
533 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041200-
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-
533 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RICH GULF MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD OFF THE GULF AHEAD OF A
SLOW EASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT. LATEST EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
OUTLOOKS PLACE AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR
RAINFALL TO EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE TODAY. THERE STILL IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE LOCAL
AREA THIS MORNING...BUT THE OVERALL TREND IS SHIFTING TO HEAVY RAINS.
CONSIDERING THIS AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 65. RAINS
COULD ADD UP TO BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH A
FEW LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

THE HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS LINGERS
INTO MID MORNING BEFORE THE RISK DIMINISHES LATE IN THE MORNING AND
INTO THE AFTERNOOON...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES SINK TO FREEZING...DIPPING INTO THE UPPER
20S TO NEAR 32 FRIDAY MORNING AND LOOK TO AGAIN FALL TO FREEZING ON
SATURDAY MORNING.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE OUTLOOK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE REQUIRED.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-041200-
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-
533 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS BEGINS TO
ERODE SLOWLY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MORNING DUE TO A FRONTAL
PASSAGE. WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. OUTSIDE OF LINGERING...MORNING
COASTAL FOG...VISIBILITY LIKELY TO ALSO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A
MILE AT TIMES WITH THE PASSAGE OF HEAVIER RAINS TODAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BECOME REQUIRED OVER A PORTION OF
THE COASTAL WATERS BY TONIGHT DUE TO A STRENGTHENING OFFSHORE FLOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WIND COMPONENT MAINTAINS ELEVATED SEAS
THURSDAY...AND ON INTO THE WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:16 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
216 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

ALZ052>055-261-MSZ076-079-030945-
MONROE AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WILCOX AL-
GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
216 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX IN
SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND MOBILE...CLARKE AND WASHINGTON IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND CENTRAL GEORGE IN
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 214 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF THOMASVILLE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CHATOM TO 17 MILES EAST OF PERKINSTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...             THOMASVILLE...         CITRONELLE...
LUCEDALE...            CAMDEN...              GROVE HILL...
CHATOM...              MOUNT VERNON...        PINE HILL...
FULTON...              MCINTOSH...            YELLOW BLUFF...

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.

INDIVIDUAL STORMS OR SEGMENTS ALONG THIS LINE MAY INTENSIFY AND
REQUIRE A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3201 8726 3115 8791 3116 8793 3107 8796
      3083 8814 3083 8885 3100 8864 3144 8831
      3184 8792 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 280DEG 20KT 3194 8783 3143 8829 3080 8885

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:14 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
414 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

ALZ261>266-031115-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL-
MOBILE COASTAL AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-BALDWIN COASTAL AL-
414 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL BALDWIN...INLAND MOBILE...CENTRAL MOBILE...COASTAL
MOBILE...INLAND BALDWIN AND COASTAL BALDWIN IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
UNTIL 515 AM CST...

AT 413 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR AXIS TO NEAR REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE
TO 7 MILES WEST OF WESTERN DAUPHIN ISLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOBILE...              PRICHARD...            DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...            FOLEY...               SPANISH FORT...
CHICKASAW...           ORANGE BEACH...        ROBERTSDALE...
BAYOU LA BATRE...      LOXLEY...              DAUPHIN ISLAND...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

LAT...LON 3036 8819 3032 8826 3039 8840 3072 8841
      3085 8763 3030 8752 3028 8775 3029 8774
      3041 8791 3075 8792 3065 8793 3074 8803
      3067 8803 3073 8804 3075 8804 3025 8818
      3025 8808 3023 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 233DEG 45KT 3097 8802 3068 8828 3020 8842

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:44 AM CST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
544 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

ALZ056-059-060-FLZ203-205-031245-
COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-
OKALOOSA INLAND FL-
544 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WESTERN COVINGTON...EASTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN
CONECUH IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA AND INLAND
OKALOOSA IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 645 AM CST...

AT 543 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF CASTLEBERRY TO RIVERVIEW TO NEAR
POLLARD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDALUSIA...           BREWTON...             EAST BREWTON...
CASTLEBERRY...         JAY...                 RIVER FALLS...
CAROLINA...            HEATH...               SANFORD...
RIVERVIEW...           POLLARD...             LIBERTYVILLE...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG COULD BLOW OFF TREE LIMBS AND ALSO BLOW AROUND
SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS.

THESE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE
NEEDED.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

LAT...LON 3095 8653 3095 8724 3097 8723 3096 8722
      3099 8717 3100 8718 3100 8723 3133 8705
      3142 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 254DEG 33KT 3128 8695 3105 8705 3099 8720

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 3, 2:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	89 min
Feb 3, 3:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 3, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	61 min
Feb 3, 4:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	10 hr
Feb 3, 4:42 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Feb 3, 6:07 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Feb 3, 6:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	28 min
Feb 3, 6:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	16 min
Feb 3, 6:48 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Feb 3, 8:07 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Feb 3, 9:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	5 days
Feb 3, 9:22 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Feb 3, 10:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Feb 3, 2:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	5 days
Feb 3, 3:22 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		45 hr
Feb 3, 7:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	66 min
Feb 3, 7:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	36 min
Feb 3, 8:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	38 min
Feb 3, 8:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	53 min
Feb 3, 9:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	32 min
Feb 3, 9:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	3 days
Feb 3, 10:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	119 min
Feb 3, 10:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	3 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.