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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2017Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 15, 2017, 1:08 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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
Feb 15, 2017, 1:08 AM CST (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2017, 2:00 AM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

396 
WWUS84 KMOB 150708
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
108 AM CST WED FEB 15 2017
 
ALZ051>053-261-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-150800-
Clarke AL-Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Mobile Inland AL-Perry MS-
Stone MS-Greene MS-Wayne MS-George MS-
108 AM CST WED FEB 15 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE...GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...EASTERN WAYNE...
GREENE AND EASTERN STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CST...

At 107 AM CST, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles west of Silas to 7 miles north of McLain to
near McHenry,and moving east at 50 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Waynesboro, Thomasville, Wiggins, Citronelle, Lucedale,
Chatom, Leakesville, Wagarville, Saint Stephens, Leroy, Perkinston,
McHenry, Gulfcrest, Deer Park, Tibbie, Millry, McLain, State Line and
Buckatunna.

LAT...LON 3120 8887 3188 8855 3190 8847 3200 8846
      3199 8767 3127 8802 3080 8838 3079 8841
      3074 8842 3073 8888 3068 8889 3068 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 263DEG 42KT 3171 8848 3121 8878 3068 8922 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 11:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Feb 14, 11:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile41 min
Feb 15, 2:06 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile39 min
Feb 15, 2:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe37 min
Feb 15, 2:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Feb 15, 3:57 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh48 min
Feb 15, 12:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne48 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.