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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 4, 2016Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 7:43 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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 4, 2016, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2016, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2016-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2716 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
2716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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.

312 
WWUS84 KMOB 041243
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
743 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
 
ALZ262-264-266-FLZ201>204-041345-
BALDWIN CENTRAL AL-BALDWIN INLAND AL-BALDWIN COASTAL AL-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL FL-SANTA ROSA COASTAL FL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-
ESCAMBIA INLAND FL-
743 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN...ESCAMBIA AND WEST CENTRAL SANTA
ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...

AT 743 AM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRATT TO NEAR GONZALEZ...AND
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...GONZALEZ...PACE...LILLIAN AND MOLINO. 

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 3092 8767 3097 8733 3061 8714 3038 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 050DEG 11KT 3087 8736 3064 8724 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB35 min
Aug 3, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
Aug 3, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Aug 4, 4:04 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more14 hr
Aug 4, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Aug 4, 7:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
Aug 4, 8:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia24 min
Aug 4, 9:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia113 min
Aug 4, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 4, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh47 min
Aug 4, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw45 min
Aug 3, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa49 min
Aug 3, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa43 min
Aug 4, 6:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 4, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia50 min
Aug 4, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Aug 4, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia63 min
Aug 4, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne35 min
Aug 4, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry25 min
Aug 4, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge45 min
Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry2 hr

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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.