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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2016Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

854 
WWUS84 KMOB 020126
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
826 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016
 
ALZ059-261-262-264-FLZ201-203-020200-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-MOBILE INLAND AL-ESCAMBIA AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-
SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
826 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL BALDWIN...EAST CENTRAL MOBILE...SOUTHWESTERN
ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM POLLARD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRATT TO NEAR
STOCKTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...FLOMATON...STOCKTON...STAPLETON...MOLINO...
POLLARD...BRATT AND I65 AND AL 225.

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 3078 8799 3105 8788 3096 8734 3105 8717
      3075 8718 3066 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 016DEG 16KT 3104 8718 3089 8736 3098 8783 

$$

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, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 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.