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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2017, 11:43 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 8, 2017, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2017, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 Jul 8, 7:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 537 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091045- 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- 537 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 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 showers and thunderstorms can be expected for most locations in the forecast today. Conditions are favorable for a few storms to become strong to marginally severe, especially during the afternoon and early evening hours. Gusty straight line winds, Frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy downpours will be the main threats with the stronger thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue each day. A few of the stronger storms that develop will be capable of producing strong and gusty winds, frequent lightning strikes and very heavy downpours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Friday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-091045- 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- 537 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Winds and waves will be higher near scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will be moving from west to east at 10 to 20 knots. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Winds and waves will be higher near scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms through early next week, followed by less coverage later in the week.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:43 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1143 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017
ALZ263-265-081715-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
1143 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...
At 1142 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Tillmans
Corner, moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Prichard, Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay,
Tanner Williams, I65 And I165, Mobile Regional Airport and I10 And
I65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3072 8841 3080 8817 3080 8809 3042 8797
3040 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 261DEG 25KT 3058 8821
DJ/17The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jul 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 32 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.