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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 2017George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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 16, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 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 16, 9:31 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
815 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2017

ALZ051>055-261-262-MSZ067-075-076-079-170215-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Monroe AL-Choctaw AL-
Washington AL-Mobile Inland AL-Perry MS-Greene MS-Wayne MS-George MS-
815 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WEST CENTRAL MONROE...NORTHERN MOBILE...SOUTH CENTRAL
CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...WASHINGTON...CLARKE...SOUTHWESTERN
WILCOX...NORTHERN GEORGE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY...SOUTHERN WAYNE AND
GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

At 814 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Miller to near Coffeeville to 9 miles west of
Clara,and moving south at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Waynesboro, Thomasville, Citronelle, Lucedale, Grove Hill,
Chatom, Leakesville, Wagarville, Saint Stephens, Leroy, Clara,
Gulfcrest, Deer Park, Whatley, Tibbie, Mount Vernon, Calvert, Millry
and McLain.

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 3155 8749 3103 8791 3085 8882 3160 8894
      3176 8812 3199 8793 3199 8767 3200 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 346DEG 33KT 3213 8778 3173 8811 3158 8886

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:40 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	43 min
Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	38 min
Jun 16, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	22 min
Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Washington	60 min
Jun 16, 8:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	46 min
Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	60 min
Jun 16, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jun 17, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		64 min
Jun 17, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Jun 17, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Jun 17, 1:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	6 hr
Jun 17, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	60 min
Jun 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	43 min
Jun 16, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene, Perry	50 min
Jun 17, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene, Perry	41 min
Jun 17, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	16 days
Jun 17, 9:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	20 days

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.