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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

September 24, 2016Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 24, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT for Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Sep 24, 2016, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 24, 2:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 2:35 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 4:10 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
410 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-250915-
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-
410 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-250915-
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-
410 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 24, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

ALZ054>060-242030-
BUTLER AL-MONROE AL-CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-
WILCOX AL-
239 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...EASTERN CONECUH...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN
CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER AND NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 239 PM CDT...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF PINE APPLE TO NEAR RIVER FALLS...AND
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVERGREEN...GEORGIANA...MCKENZIE...RIVER FALLS...RED LEVEL...
BEATRICE AND GANTT.

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 3110 8678 3177 8723 3191 8678 3149 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 059DEG 19KT 3179 8695 3130 8659

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Sep 24, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox12 min
Sep 24, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia63 min
Sep 24, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh31 min
Sep 24, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Sep 24, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox30 min
Sep 24, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Sep 24, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Sep 24, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa48 min
Sep 24, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa28 min
Sep 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa34 min
Sep 24, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia25 min
Sep 24, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa44 min
Sep 24, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa33 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.