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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2016, 2:35 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 29, 2016, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 253 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 29, 1:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 4:22 AM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 422 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-300930- 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- 422 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-300930- 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- 422 AM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 235 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ALZ055-056-059-060-262-264-FLZ201-203-205-292015- BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-MONROE AL-COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL- BALDWIN INLAND AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL- OKALOOSA INLAND FL- 235 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH...CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON...ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA... NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 234 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE TO NEAR MOLINO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BAY MINETTE...ATMORE...BREWTON...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MCCULLOUGH... EAST BREWTON...MOLINO...CASTLEBERRY...JAY...REPTON...POLLARD... RIVERVIEW...POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...I65 AND AL 21... I65 AND AL 113...I65 AND US 84...BRATT AND I65 AND CR 1. 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. && LAT...LON 3160 8713 3093 8659 3057 8756 3089 8786 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 238DEG 17KT 3099 8768 3068 8738
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jul 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 29, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 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.