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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2017, 1:06 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2017, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 11, 7:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 500 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121000- 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- 500 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 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 showers and thunderstorms are expected across much of the region again today. A few of the stronger storms that develop will be capable of producing locally strong wind gusts, frequent lightning strikes and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday There will be a continued chance of showers and thunderstorms each day through the period. A few of the stronger storms will be capable of producing brief strong wind gusts, frequent lightning strikes and locally heavy rains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Sunday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-121000- 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- 500 AM CDT Tue Jul 11 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Winds and seas will be locally higher near isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. Frequent lightning will be likely in and in and near storms. Isolated waterspouts will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Winds and seas will be locally higher near isolated to scattered storms through the period. Frequent lightning will be likely in and near the storms.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 10:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1059 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM LIGHTNING 5 W BAKER 30.80N 86.77W
07/10/2017 OKALOOSA FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 FATAL *** A 35 YEAR OLD MALE CAMPER DIED AFTER
BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT THE WILDERNESS LANDING
CAMPGROUND ALONG THE BLACKWATER RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF
BAKER, FL.
&&
MBSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 1:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 106 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2017 ALZ059-FLZ203-205-111845- Escambia AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL- 106 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... At 105 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest of Baker, or 18 miles southeast of Brewton, moving northeast at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Escambia...northwestern Okaloosa and northeastern Santa Rosa Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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. && LAT...LON 3076 8681 3093 8696 3118 8688 3099 8668 TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 220DEG 10KT 3094 8682
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 45 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.