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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2018, 10:17 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
- Jan 22, 2018, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2018, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jan 22, 5:59 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 5:59 AM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 612 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231215- 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- 612 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2018 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 occasionally numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms, are expected today from late morning through the afternoon and into the early evening hours. A few of the storms may become strong to marginally severe, with locally damaging wind gusts being the most likely threats. A brief isolated tornado is possible, though this threat is very low. Showers and storms will be ending from west to east across the area this afternoon and evening. A moderate to occasionally strong onshore winds ahead of a cold front will maintain a moderate risk of rip currents today into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of SkyWarn Severe Storm Spotter networks is not expected through Sunday. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-231215- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM- Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM- 612 AM CST Mon Jan 22 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Hazardous conditions to small craft will be possible, especially over Gulf waters as a cold front moves east across the area. Winds and seas higher near scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms today. Small craft should caution through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Hazardous conditions for small craft will continue through much of the week, becoming a more hazardous by weeks end when offshore winds are expected to increase slightly along with building seas. Small Craft Advisories may be required later this week.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 22, 10:17 AM CST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1017 AM CST MON JAN 22 2018
MSZ067-221700-
Wayne MS-
1017 AM CST MON JAN 22 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM CST...
At 1016 AM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located over Laurel,
moving east at 65 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro.
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3183 8876 3185 8865 3189 8847
3170 8847 3159 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 250DEG 57KT 3170 8910The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 9:40 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Jan 22, 10:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 11:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 35 min |
| Jan 22, 11:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Jan 22, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 12:35 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 22, 12:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jan 22, 1:36 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Jan 22, 3:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Jan 22, 3:54 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
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.