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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 22, 2017, 11:28 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
- Oct 22, 2017, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 22, 10:49 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 10:49 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 615 AM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231115- 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- 615 AM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will move across the region ahead of an approaching cold front this afternoon and tonight. Locally heavy rainfall may result in ponding of water on roadways along with minor flooding of urban and low lying areas. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will also be possible mostly ahead of the cold front late this afternoon and this evening. Damaging straightline winds with maybe a few isolated brief tornadoes will be possible late this afternoon through this evening. A high risk for rip currents will continue along the coastal beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida through this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A moderate risk for rip currents can be expected along the gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida on Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Saturday. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-231115- 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- 615 AM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Hazardous wind and wave conditions for small craft can be expected through tonight. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms can be expected through tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible. Gusty straight line winds, periods of very heavy rain and a few isolated waterspouts will be possible through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Hazardous wind and wave conditions for small craft can be expected Monday through midweek in the wake of a cold front that moves across the marine area early Monday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 22, 11:28 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 118 min |
| Oct 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 min |
| Oct 22, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Oct 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Oct 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Oct 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 days |
| Oct 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 3 hr |
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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.