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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2016Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 7:39 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
2365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

526 
WWUS84 KMOB 020039
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
739 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016
 
ALZ056-059-262-FLZ201-020130-
ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
739 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH...NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA
AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 739 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CASTLEBERRY TO 9 MILES EAST OF STOCKTON...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAY MINETTE...ATMORE...BREWTON...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MCCULLOUGH...
EAST BREWTON...CASTLEBERRY...POLLARD...RIVERVIEW...
POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...I65 AND AL 21...I65 AND AL 113...
BRATT AND I65 AND CR 1.

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.

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 3112 8791 3137 8699 3110 8686 3082 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 003DEG 9KT 3126 8698 3104 8771 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia32 min
Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin34 min
Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 2, 11:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 hr
Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile38 min
Aug 2, 1:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Aug 2, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw38 min
Aug 2, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile52 min
Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington38 min
Aug 2, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington35 min
Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe50 min
Aug 2, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Aug 2, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox44 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWilcox3 hr
Aug 2, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw50 min
Aug 2, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke35 min
Aug 2, 9:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia119 min
Aug 2, 10:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 2, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 1, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge44 min
Aug 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene30 min
Aug 1, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene26 min
Aug 1, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry47 min
Aug 2, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge38 min
Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge42 min
Aug 2, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry48 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Aug 2, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 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.