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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2017, 3:35 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2017, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Butler County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 552 AM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 ALZ059-261>266-FLZ201>206-271100- Escambia-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- 552 AM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat indices will range from 100 to 106 degrees this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Heat indices will range from 100 to 107 degrees both Thursday and Friday afternoons. Localized higher indices are possible along the coast. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rains can be expected with the stronger thunderstorms that develop each day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Tuesday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-271100- 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- 552 AM CDT Wed Jul 26 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Winds, waves and seas locally higher in and near scattered to numerous thunderstorms over the weekend. Frequent lightning activity likely in and near any of the stronger storms.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Jul 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Jul 26, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 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.