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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 30, 2016Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2016-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1236 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 2016-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
1236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 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 30, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:25 AM CDT, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-010830-
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-
325 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
WITH LESS COVERAGE FURTHER INLAND. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-010830-
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-
325 AM CDT THU JUN 30 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

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A FEW WATERSPOUTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY
WITH LESS COVERAGE LATER IN THE PERIOD. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND A FEW
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
249 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

ALZ056-057-060-302030-
BUTLER AL-COVINGTON AL-CONECUH AL-
249 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST
CENTRAL CONECUH...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 248 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKENZIE...OR
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVERGREEN...GEORGIANA AND MCKENZIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3166 8686 3164 8665 3139 8662 3140 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 005DEG 14KT 3158 8677
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
317 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

ALZ262-302100-
BALDWIN INLAND AL-
317 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 316 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I65 AND AL
225...OR NEAR BAY MINETTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAY MINETTE AND I65 AND AL 225.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3087 8797 3094 8792 3092 8791 3093 8791
      3093 8790 3095 8790 3094 8788 3095 8787
      3097 8789 3099 8787 3099 8789 3100 8789
      3096 8776 3082 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 022DEG 6KT 3092 8784
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh41 min
Jun 30, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin43 min

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Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 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.