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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 7:02 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Mar 26, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Mar 26, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Mar 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 77 min | |
| Mar 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Mar 25, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 days |
| Mar 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 40 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.