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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2018, 7:44 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 91 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
- Feb 10, 2018, 7:44 AM CST (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2018, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Feb 10, 6:54 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 6:54 AM CST, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 603 AM CST Sat Feb 10 2018 ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111215- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 603 AM CST Sat Feb 10 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Periods of rain today, with isolated strong to severe storms possible with damaging wind and brief tornadoes possible over the entire area today, especially from mid morning through mid afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible today, especially over interior southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama to the west of I-65. Minor flooding of area rivers and localized nuisance type flooding of poor drainage and small creeks possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Periods of rain with isolated strong to severe storms possible with damaging wind and brief tornadoes possible over the entire again on Sunday. Locally heavy rainfall will also again be possible on Sunday, over the entire area. Minor flooding of area rivers and isolated flash flooding will be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-111215- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- 603 AM CST Sat Feb 10 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Periods of rain today, with isolated strong to severe storms possible, especially from mid morning through mid afternoon. Damaging wind and brief tornadoes the primary threats. Areas of fog possible likely this morning, and again tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Periods of rain today, with isolated strong to severe storms again possible on Sunday. Damaging wind and brief tornadoes the primary threats. Areas of fog possible likely again early Sunday morning, and again possible Sunday night and Monday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-111215- 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- 603 AM CST Sat Feb 10 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Widespread rains, some locally heavy, with some strong storms and locally heavy rainfall will be possible over the marine area today and tonight. Winds and seas higher near showers and storms. Areas of fog also possible near shores. Rain and fog occasionally lowering visibility below 1 miles through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Widespread rains, some locally heavy, with some strong storms and locally heavy rainfall will continue over the marine area Sunday and into Monday. Winds and seas higher near showers and storms. Areas of fog also possible near shores. Rain and fog occasionally lowering visibility below 1 mile Sunday into Monday.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:44 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 9:21 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Feb 10, 11:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Feb 10, 11:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Feb 10, 12:36 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Feb 10, 12:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Feb 10, 12:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 1:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 10, 2:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Feb 10, 2:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Feb 10, 2:50 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Feb 10, 2:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 52 min |
| Feb 10, 3:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 10, 3:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 42 min |
| Feb 10, 4:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 4:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 10, 4:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 4:48 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Feb 10, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Feb 10, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 4:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 4:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Stone | 37 min |
| Feb 10, 5:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 38 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.