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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2017, 7:11 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- May 3, 2017, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 May 3, 7:02 PM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:02 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 346 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-042100- 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- 346 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a high risk of rip currents along area beaches through tonight. Strong to potentially severe storms are possible tonight into early Thursday morning. There is a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms across portions of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama, with a Marginal Risk across much of the remainder of the area. Storms will enter southeast Mississippi late this evening and move eastward across the area overnight, exiting the area by late Thursday morning. Damaging winds will be the primary threat. A Flash Flood Watch is also in effect for portions of southeast Mississippi, southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle tonight, beginning at 7 pm this evening and continuing through Thursday morning. Overnight rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches will be possible, with locally higher totals possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday There is a High Risk of rip currents along area beaches through Thursday. There will remain a Marginal Risk of severe storms, mainly east of I-65 in Alabama and parts of the western Florida panhandle early Thursday morning, with the severe threat ending by late morning. Damaging winds will be the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks may be required tonight through early Thursday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-042100- 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- 346 PM CDT Wed May 3 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Strong winds over the marine area will likely create hazardous conditions for small craft beginning tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Strong winds over the marine area will continue to create hazardous conditions for small craft Thursday through late Friday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 7:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| May 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| May 3, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 4, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| May 4, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| May 4, 2:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| May 4, 3:29 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 15 hr |
| May 4, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| May 4, 4:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| May 4, 6:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 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.