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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 6:31 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 6, 2016, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 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
The text
As transmitted.
327 WWUS84 KMOB 062331 SPSMOB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 631 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ALZ263-265-070000- MOBILE CENTRAL AL-MOBILE COASTAL AL- 631 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER I10 AND I65... OR NEAR TILLMANS CORNER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS NEAR 50 MPH AT DOWNTOWN MOBILE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE AND I10 AND I65. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM 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 3067 8817 3062 8805 3046 8809 3053 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 022DEG 9KT 3060 8812 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Aug 6, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 43 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.