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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 2016Washington County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2016, 7:07 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 1, 2016, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 7:45 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2016-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 514 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

059 
WWUS84 KMOB 020107
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
707 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016
 
ALZ052-261-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-020145-
MOBILE INLAND AL-WASHINGTON AL-STONE MS-PERRY MS-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
GEORGE MS-
707 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...GREENE...SOUTHERN
PERRY AND NORTHERN STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CST...

AT 706 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STATE LINE TO NEAR MAXIE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WIGGINS...LUCEDALE...CHATOM...LEAKESVILLE...STATE LINE...MCLAIN...MCINTOSH...
VINEGAR BEND...DEER PARK...WAGARVILLE...FRUITDALE...TIBBIE AND LEROY.

LAT...LON 3088 8932 3091 8928 3091 8914 3101 8914
      3150 8844 3152 8794 3150 8791 3145 8791
      3144 8793 3142 8791 3141 8793 3139 8790
      3139 8789 3133 8791 3134 8792 3131 8794
      3132 8796 3130 8795 3082 8862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 270DEG 36KT 3146 8846 3093 8921 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe47 min
Mar 1, 8:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox57 min
Mar 1, 9:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw37 min
Mar 1, 9:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw33 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.