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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2016Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2016, 7:02 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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 26, 2016, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2016, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 826 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 26, 5:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 5:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 6:54 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
654 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271200-
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-
654 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY ALOFT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
NEAR TERM. THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. BRIEF
LOCALLY HEAVY...VISIBILITY REDUCING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY. SOME OF THESE RAINS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING PROBLEMS

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST ALONG THE BEACHES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY.

THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EASTER SUNDAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.
ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF INCH
ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES TO 1.25 INCHES ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN ZONES.
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN ZONES...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS WELL AS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING AROUND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK WITH NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM SINKING INTO THE
DEEP SOUTH. ALTHOUGH STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-271200-
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-
654 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY DENSE FOG...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT
TIMES...POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS BAYS AND SOUNDS.

WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND
STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VISIBILITY REDUCING HEAVY RAINS CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER MARINE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS LOCALLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND
STORMS ON EASTER SUNDAY AND AGAIN DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE NEXT
WEEK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VISIBILITY REDUCING HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER MARINE STORMS.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia29 min
Mar 26, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 26, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Mar 26, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Escambia49 min
Mar 26, 9:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Mar 26, 10:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Mar 26, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Mar 26, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB82 min
Mar 26, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB77 min
Mar 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin53 min
Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Mar 25, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa5 days
Mar 26, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia57 min
Mar 26, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa40 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.