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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 9, 2016Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 11:20 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 9, 2016, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -6 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 9, 7:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 7:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
538 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101045-
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-
538 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME BRIEFLY
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...
WITH HEAT INDICES RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE
REGION BEGINING LATER THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIE
EVENING. SOME LOCALIZED READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 108 IN A FEW
LOCATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
BRIEFLY STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG WIND
GUSTS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH HEAT
INDICES RANGING BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN
SLIGHTLY LOWER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-101045-
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-
538 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WIND AND WAVES WILL BE HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:20 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1120 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

ALZ054-091645-
WILCOX AL-
1120 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NORTH
CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1120 AM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
DANNELLY RESERVOIR...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANNELLY RESERVOIR.

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.

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 3224 8741 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
      3218 8732 3216 8729 3214 8728 3215 8727
      3214 8725 3212 8726 3212 8725 3210 8723
      3208 8719 3205 8718 3202 8736 3225 8746
      3226 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 252DEG 12KT 3217 8733

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	44 min
Jul 9, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	50 min
Jul 9, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	35 min
Jul 9, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	44 min
Jul 9, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	41 min
Jul 9, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	28 min
Jul 9, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	32 min
Jul 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	63 min
Jul 9, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	60 min
Jul 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	48 min
Jul 9, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	39 min
Jul 9, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	35 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	31 min
Jul 9, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	51 min
Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	39 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	41 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	44 min

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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.