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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Nov 30, 2016, 3:37 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
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 Nov 29, 10:58 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 10:58 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 9:25 PM CST, 6 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 925 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-010300- 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- 925 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SQUALL LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO ORGANIZE AND MOVE EAST OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO REMAIN TO OUR NORTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WHERE AN ENHANCED TO MODERATE RISK ZONE IS OUTLINED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THIS IS WHERE THE BEST DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY WILL RESIDE FOR ORGANIZED AND MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THERE IS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT. WAVES AND SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED. ROUGH SURF COULD CAUSE MINOR EROSION AND WAVE RUN UP ALONG SOME OF THE MORE VULNERABLE BEACH AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE I-65 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM BEFORE EXITING EAST OF THE AREA BY 3 PM. THE PRIMARY RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST OF I-65 IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF CONTINUES TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THROUGH MONDAY. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-010300- 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- 925 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS BRINGS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 30, 3:37 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 337 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016 ALZ051-052-MSZ067-301015- WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS- 337 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CST... AT 337 AM CST...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO...CLARA AND SILAS. 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. && LAT...LON 3146 8870 3153 8879 3192 8838 3171 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 230DEG 29KT 3154 8869
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 5:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 7:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Nov 30, 8:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Nov 30, 9:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 54 min |
| Nov 30, 10:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 10:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Nov 30, 10:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Nov 30, 10:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 61 min |
| Nov 30, 10:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 10:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Nov 30, 11:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 54 min |
| Nov 30, 11:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Nov 30, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Nov 30, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 11:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Nov 30, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 41 min |
| Nov 30, 11:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 80 min | |
| Nov 30, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 62 min |
| Nov 30, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 12:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Nov 30, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 1:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Nov 30, 1:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Nov 30, 1:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 22 min |
| Nov 30, 2:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Nov 30, 10:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Nov 30, 10:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 12:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 1:23 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 5 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 4:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 8:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 62 min |
| Nov 30, 9:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene | 62 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.