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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 74 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
- May 2, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 May 2, 4:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 6:05 AM CDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 605 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-031115- 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- 605 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH WINDS TO 60 MPH...BUT NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH WINDS TO 60 MPH...BUT NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-031115- 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- 605 AM CDT MON MAY 2 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...LIGHTNING CAN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS... CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...LIGHTNING CAN ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. A FRONT WILL MOVE OVER AREA COASTAL WATERS TUEDAY NIGHT...BRINGING MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 137 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ALZ261-263-021945- MOBILE INLAND AL-MOBILE CENTRAL AL- 137 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 137 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GULFCREST TO JUST WEST OF THE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...SATSUMA...CHICKASAW...CITRONELLE...CREOLA... DOWNTOWN MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...MIDTOWN MOBILE...REGIONAL AIRPORT IN WEST MOBILE...MOUNT VERNON...GULFCREST...AXIS...I65 AND I165...BUCKS...I10 AND I65...I65 AND US 43...CHUNCHULA AND I65 AND US 45. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3058 8839 3108 8838 3113 8800 3056 8801 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 267DEG 20KT 3102 8830 3066 8831
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 229 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ALZ052>056-059-261-262-022045- MONROE AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-CLARKE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL- WASHINGTON AL-WILCOX AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL- 229 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NORTHWESTERN CONECUH...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHEASTERN MOBILE...MONROE...SOUTHERN WILCOX...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN ESCAMBIA AND CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 227 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE TO NEAR MCINTOSH...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONROEVILLE...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...FRISCO CITY...MOUNT VERNON...EXCEL...VREDENBURGH...BEATRICE...FULTON...MCINTOSH...YELLOW BLUFF... PINE APPLE...OAK HILL...MOWA CHOCTAW RESERVATION...WHATLEY...MEGARGEL... I65 AND CR 1...MCCULLOUGH AND POARCH CREEK RESERVATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3196 8691 3101 8756 3107 8818 3197 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 256DEG 22KT 3178 8758 3115 8805
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
ALZ051-022030-
CHOCTAW AL-
239 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 239 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENNINGTON...
OR 14 MILES NORTH OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LISMAN AND PENNINGTON.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3229 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794 3230 8800
3228 8801 3228 8802 3226 8801 3218 8801
3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3211 8831
3231 8840 3231 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 256DEG 22KT 3228 8813Special weather statement, May 2, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
333 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
ALZ053-022115-
CLARKE AL-
333 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 333 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COFFEEVILLE...
OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE AND COFFEEVILLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3198 8770 3167 8797 3178 8814 3191 8810
3193 8805 3194 8807 3192 8809 3193 8810
3196 8809 3195 8808 3196 8807 3198 8807
3198 8806 3199 8807 3199 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 215DEG 10KT 3180 8800Special weather statement, May 2, 3:55 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
355 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
ALZ053>055-022215-
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
355 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND EAST CENTRAL CLARKE
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 354 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PETERMAN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONROEVILLE...CAMDEN...VREDENBURGH...BEATRICE...PINE APPLE...OAK HILL AND
PETERMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 8719 3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8692
3183 8693 3146 8737 3168 8758 3208 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 222DEG 24KT 3168 8742Special weather statement, May 2, 4:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
446 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
ALZ051>054-MSZ067-022300-
CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
446 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...WESTERN WILCOX...NORTHERN
WASHINGTON... NORTHERN CLARKE AND EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL
600 PM CDT...
AT 445 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR
CATHERINE TO 6 MILES EAST OF MILLRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CHATOM...PINE HILL...MILLRY...
SILAS...COFFEEVILLE...FULTON...GILBERTOWN...YELLOW BLUFF...TOXEY...SAINT
STEPHENS...CATHERINE...BOYKIN AND LEROY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL
RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3227 8744 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8725
3212 8726 3211 8724 3136 8813 3167 8864
3213 8804 3209 8804 3205 8812 3202 8812
3201 8811 3199 8807 3199 8767 3200 8763
3213 8762 3213 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 230DEG 29KT 3220 8740 3167 8821The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 68 min |
| May 2, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 76 min |
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 2, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 80 min |
| May 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 56 min |
| May 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| May 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 114 min |
| May 2, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
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