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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 19, 2016Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

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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 May 19, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 6:21 AM CDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
621 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-201130-
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-
621 AM CDT THU MAY 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. WHILE THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION
FRIDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FRIDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-201130-
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-
621 AM CDT THU MAY 19 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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MARINE AREA
FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	46 min
May 18, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	28 min
May 18, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	37 min
May 18, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
May 18, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	28 min
May 18, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016 Every 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.