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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 2017Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2017, 4:25 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 14, 2017, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 12:00Z on 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 14, 4:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 4:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:51 AM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
351 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2017

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-151200-
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-
351 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast
Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms today will be efficient in
depositing heavy rains over short time spans just about anywhere.
This could lead to isolated, mainly nuisance type flooding of poor
drainage and lower lying areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Isolated, mainly nuisance type flooding of poor drainage and
lower lying areas is possible in some areas with the passage of
scattered, to at times numerous daytime thunderstorms through the
end of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not
expected through Tuesday.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-151200-
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-
351 AM CDT Wed Jun 14 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal
waters of Alabama and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Frequent cloud to water lightning along with locally higher winds,
waves and seas will be common with the passage of marine storms.
Also, visibility could be briefly reduced to less than a mile at
times in any heavier rains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Frequent cloud to water lightning along with locally higher winds,
waves and seas will be common with the passage of marine storms.
Also, visibility could be briefly reduced to less than a mile at
times in any heavier rains.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1249 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2017

ALZ264-FLZ201>204-141900-
Baldwin Central AL-Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Coastal FL-
Escambia Coastal FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1249 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN...WESTERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

At 1249 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northwest of Molino to near Warrington,and
moving east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Warrington,
Gonzalez, Pace, Gulf Breeze, Goulding, Myrtle Grove, Oriole Beach,
Molino, Pea Ridge and Floridatown.

LAT...LON 3044 8740 3044 8739 3045 8740 3070 8750
      3088 8717 3036 8699 3031 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 258DEG 11KT 3083 8741 3034 8724
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin111 min
Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin2 hr
Jun 14, 2:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Escambia119 min
Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia71 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.