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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2016Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2016, 11:02 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 6, 2016, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1683 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 Jul 6, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
545 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071045-
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-
545 AM CDT WED JUL 6 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO
MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MAXIMUM
HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION...AND
LOCALIZED HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 108 IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA GULF
BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. HEAT
INDICES WILL TREND UPWARD TO BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-071045-
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-
545 AM CDT WED JUL 6 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:33 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin32 min
Jul 6, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia27 min
Jul 6, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh45 min
Jul 6, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington34 min
Jul 6, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington43 min
Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
Jul 6, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe45 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw40 min
Jul 6, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw24 min
Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh39 min
Jul 6, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe36 min
Jul 6, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe43 min
Jul 6, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile47 min
Jul 6, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile48 min
Jul 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw26 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw51 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw33 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington46 min
Jul 6, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox41 min
Jul 6, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington48 min
Jul 6, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa41 min
Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene40 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne40 min
Jul 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne33 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry41 min
Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 min

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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.