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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 3, 2016Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2016, 11:36 AM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2016, 11:36 AM CST (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2016, 12:15 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-03Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 338 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Mar 3, 6:38 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 6:38 AM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 6:18 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
618 AM CST THU MAR 3 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-041230-
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-
618 AM CST THU MAR 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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-041230-
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-
618 AM CST THU MAR 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS MODERATE
TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE AREA THIS EVENING...
WITH MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
FRONT THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 3, 11:36 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1136 AM CST THU MAR 3 2016

ALZ051-031815-
CHOCTAW AL-
1136 AM CST THU MAR 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL
1215 PM CST...

AT 1135 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LISMAN...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LISMAN AND PENNINGTON.

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
      3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3226 8801
      3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3213 8804
      3211 8840 3225 8841 3230 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 266DEG 44KT 3222 8832

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 4:24 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB26 hr
Mar 3, 1:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke45 min
Mar 3, 1:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox42 min
Mar 3, 2:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler39 min
Mar 3, 2:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox46 min
Mar 3, 3:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Clarke, Monroe, Washington49 min
Mar 3, 5:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia37 min
Mar 3, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw30 min
Mar 3, 5:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia63 min
Mar 3, 2:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.