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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 1, 2016Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 1, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

079 
WWUS84 KMOB 011949
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
249 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016
 
ALZ059-FLZ201-203-012030-
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
249 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA ALABAMA...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA FLORIDA AND
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 249 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER POLLARD...OR
NEAR FLOMATON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTURY...FLOMATON...JAY AND POLLARD. 

LAT...LON 3089 8700 3083 8718 3107 8740 3119 8715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 129DEG 10KT 3101 8718 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia43 min
May 31, 8:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWayne118 min

Nearby

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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.