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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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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</html>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 05/RR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Sep 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 12 min |
| Sep 24, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 63 min |
| Sep 24, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 31 min |
| Sep 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Sep 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Sep 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Sep 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Sep 24, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 28 min |
| Sep 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 34 min |
| Sep 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 25 min |
| Sep 24, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 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.