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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 23, 2016, 9:56 PM CST for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2016, 9:56 PM CST (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 23, 8:35 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 8:35 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241230- 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- 626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TORNADOES...SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG AND LONG TRACKED...ARE THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT THREATS. TIMING...WE COULD START SEEING DISCRETE SUPER CELLS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MID THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND BY EVENING ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TIMING ON THE SQUALL LINE IS A BIT MORE CHALLENGING AS THE SYSTEM IS STILL ORGANIZING BUT AVAILABLE DATA SUGGESTS IT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR MS COUNTIES LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING AND THROUGH THE MOBILE AREA AROUND 6 TO 9 PM AND THROUGH OUR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-241230- 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- 626 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT PERIODS. PLEASE SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Feb 23, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 11 min |
| Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 25 min |
| Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 116 min |
| Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 21 min |
| Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 15 min | |
| Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 22 min |
| Feb 23, 9:57 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 76 min |
| Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 8 days |
| Feb 23, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 67 min |
| Feb 23, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 min |
| Feb 23, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Feb 23, 8:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 min |
| Feb 23, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Feb 23, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 min |
| Feb 23, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 9:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 2:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 days |
| Feb 23, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 8:25 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 4 days |
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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.