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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 14, 2016Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2016, 5:28 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 14, 2016, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 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 Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:07 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151115-
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-
607 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84. BRIEF PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 1 INCH OR LESS. IN ADDITION...A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER THE OVERALL SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL BE
RATHER LIMITED.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE RIP CURRENT RISK MAY BE ELEVATED TO A HIGH RISK BY THIS
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-151115-
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-
607 AM CDT THU APR 14 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

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE TONIGHT...WITH
CONDITIONS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS OVER THE GULF
WATERS WITH SEAS UP TO AROUND 9 FEET WELL OFFSHORE LATE FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE
HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 5:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
528 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

MSZ067-142315-
WAYNE MS-
528 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EUCUTTA OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRENGTHFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN WAYNE
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

STORM STRENGTHENING MAY OCCUR AND A WARNING MAY SOON BE NEEDED.

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LAT...LON 3182 8894 3183 8890 3181 8886 3169 8869
      3158 8883 3154 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 320DEG 17KT 3176 8901

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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.