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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 29, 2016Escambia County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1826 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 2016-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
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

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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 29, 1:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 1:43 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jul 29, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile47 min
Jul 29, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jul 29, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa43 min
Jul 29, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 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.