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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 1, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
606 WWUS84 KMOB 020013 SPSMOB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 713 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ALZ055-056-059-262-FLZ201-020045- MONROE AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL- ESCAMBIA INLAND FL- 713 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH...NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 712 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CASTLEBERRY TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ATMORE...BREWTON...MCCULLOUGH...URIAH...CASTLEBERRY...REPTON... POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...I65 AND CR 1...I65 AND AL 21... I65 AND AL 113 AND BRATT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3119 8687 3085 8771 3123 8784 3151 8707 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 000DEG 5KT 3130 8702 3103 8765 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wilcox | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 119 min |
| Aug 2, 10:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.