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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2017, 6:21 PM CDT for Baldwin 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
- Aug 23, 2017, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
426
WWUS84 KMOB 232321
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
621 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2017
ALZ262-264-266-FLZ201-240000-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-
Escambia Inland FL-
621 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2017
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
At 619 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Barrineau Park to near Elsanor,
and were moving southwest at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Foley, Robertsdale, Loxley, Summerdale, Silverhill and Elberta.
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 3043 8778 3071 8775 3090 8757 3088 8734
3054 8741 3052 8745 3051 8745 3050 8743
3035 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 050DEG 15KT 3082 8752 3056 8750 3051 8760
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 34 min |
| Aug 23, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 52 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.