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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 22, 2016Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 22, 2:56 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:27 AM CDT, 9 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
627 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231200-
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-
627 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
TODAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S OUTSIDE OF RAIN
AREAS...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES GENERALLY RANGING FROM AROUND
103 TO 107. ISOLATED LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY REACH AS HIGH AS 108 TO 110.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH LOCALIZED STRONG TO
DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLY UP TO 50 TO 60 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD END ACROSS THE AREA BY MID TO
LATE EVENING... WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING OVERNIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED DAILY THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AT TIMES...
ACCOMPANIED WITH BRIEF STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

AWAY FROM THE COOLING EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORMS...ELEVATED HEAT INDEX
VALUES CONTINUE...CLIMBING INTO THE 102 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS
SOME AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 110.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-231200-
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-
627 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING GENERALLY
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH TODAY ACROSS AREA BAYS AND NEAR SHORE GULF
WATERS. WINDS...WAVES...AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOWER VISIBILITIES
IN HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER MARINE
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS...WAVES...AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND LOWER VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER MARINE STORMS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
124 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

ALZ059-FLZ201-203-221915-
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
124 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA
ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 124 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I65 AND AL
113...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF FLOMATON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

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

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

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 3116 8742 3117 8716 3090 8704 3089 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 340DEG 8KT 3111 8729

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
131 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

MSZ067-075-076-221930-
PERRY MS-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
131 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES... WAYNE...NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 127 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
EAST OF MILL CREEK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO STRETCHING
SOUTH TO NORTHERN PARTS OF GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES IN
MISSISSIPPI...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO AND CLARA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH MOST OF THESE
STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH MOST OF THESE
STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8894 3182 8894 3183 8862 3135 8851
      3136 8915 3143 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 004DEG 18KT 3174 8881

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:32 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
232 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

MSZ075-076-222030-
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
232 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WESTERN GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 229 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR
RICHTON STRETCHING WEST...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA AND MCLAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL
RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8915 3142 8868 3105 8873 3105 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 014DEG 12KT 3138 8887

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:38 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	31 min
Jul 22, 7:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jul 22, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	65 min
Jul 22, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Jul 22, 9:04 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jul 22, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
Jul 22, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	64 min
Jul 22, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jul 22, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	38 min
Jul 22, 11:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	50 min
Jul 22, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	35 min
Jul 22, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	35 min
Jul 22, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	42 min
Jul 22, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	51 min
Jul 22, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	67 min
Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	51 min
Jul 22, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	41 min
Jul 22, 6:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	119 min
Jul 22, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	38 min
Jul 22, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	59 min
Jul 22, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	58 min

Nearby

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.