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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 15, 2016Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 5:27 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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 15, 2016, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 5:22 AM CDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
522 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161200-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL-
BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
522 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST FLOW...SPRING TIDAL
CYCLES AND SWELL MOVING UP INTO THE SURF ZONE RESULTS IN A HIGH RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES ON
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-161200-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
522 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER WITH THE PASSAGE OF
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
114 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

ALZ051>053-055-151845-
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL-
114 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 114 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WAGARVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...GROVE HILL...SAINT STEPHENS...WAGARVILLE...LEROY...
WHATLEY AND COFFEEVILLE.

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 3175 8762 3128 8766 3128 8769 3130 8771
      3130 8776 3129 8777 3130 8779 3129 8779
      3130 8814 3176 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 178DEG 25KT 3142 8807 3141 8779

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
249 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

ALZ051-053>056-152015-
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-CONECUH AL-WILCOX AL-CHOCTAW AL-
249 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2016

...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...CHOCTAW...
WILCOX AND NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 246 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR INCREASE TO NEAR CAMDEN MOVING NORTHWEST AT
25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN...BUTLER...PINE HILL...LISMAN...BEATRICE...
PENNINGTON...VREDENBURGH...FULTON...GILBERTOWN...YELLOW BLUFF...
TOXEY...SHAWNEE AND DANNELLY RESERVOIR.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3228 8802
      3218 8801 3209 8804 3205 8812 3199 8810
      3201 8809 3199 8807 3200 8763 3213 8762
      3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8744 3214 8725
      3162 8705 3189 8847 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 148DEG 24KT 3223 8858 3206 8728

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:00 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	16 hr
Aug 15, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Aug 15, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	31 min
Aug 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw, Wilcox	26 min
Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	64 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.