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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2016Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 12:29 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. 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
Jun 14, 2016, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2263 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 Jun 14, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:15 AM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151015-
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-
515 AM CDT TUE JUN 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

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY WITH GUSTY
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND BEING THE MAIN
THREATS. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MOSTLY WELL INLAND FROM THE COAST
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE EACH DAY. GUSTY
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF
BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A HIGHER
CHANCE FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE GULF
BEACHES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-151015-
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-
515 AM CDT TUE JUN 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

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST LATE
TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE COAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HAZARDOUS WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL BE LIKELY
LATE IN THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1229 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

ALZ264-266-FLZ201-202-141815-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN COASTAL AL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL FL-
ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
1229 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM
CDT...

AT 1229 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LILLIAN...OR
10 MILES WEST OF ENSLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...WARRINGTON...
GONZALEZ...GOULDING...LILLIAN AND MYRTLE GROVE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8751 3056 8753 3062 8726 3060 8724
      3060 8722 3059 8723 3059 8722 3057 8722
      3057 8721 3056 8721 3056 8720 3054 8718
      3059 8721 3058 8716 3038 8713 3037 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 263DEG 12KT 3048 8744

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Jun 14, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin43 min
Jun 14, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin45 min
Jun 14, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia37 min
Jun 14, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2016Every 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.