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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 16, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 16, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 5:08 AM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 508 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-171200- 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- 508 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-171200- 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- 508 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 346 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ALZ059-060-FLZ203-205-162130- COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA INLAND FL-OKALOOSA INLAND FL- 346 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 343 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BAKER AND CRESTVIEW...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRESTVIEW AND BAKER. 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 3086 8641 3075 8671 3106 8698 3119 8662 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 156DEG 14KT 3086 8666
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:25 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 17 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 42 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.