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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 6, 2016Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3269 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
3269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

615 
WWUS84 KMOB 070012
SPSMOB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
712 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016
 
ALZ263-265-070100-
MOBILE CENTRAL AL-MOBILE COASTAL AL-
712 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 711 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THEODORE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...
NORTHEASTERN GRAND BAY AND MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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 3052 8840 3060 8841 3075 8825 3057 8809
      3042 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 131DEG 3KT 3057 8825 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Aug 6, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Aug 6, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Aug 6, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa44 min
Aug 6, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa26 min
Aug 6, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa52 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.