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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 14, 2018Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2018, 11:15 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 14, 2018, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2018, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2018-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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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 Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Mobile AL
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-160000-
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and
northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.
   Tornado Watch.
   Flash Flood Watch.
   High Surf Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   High Surf Advisory.
   High Rip Current Risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

ALZ052>057-059-261>264-FLZ201-203-MSZ076-078-079-160000-
Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Escambia-
Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-Baldwin Central-
Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Greene-Stone-George-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama,
southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

ALZ051-MSZ067-075-160000-
Choctaw-Wayne-Perry-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and
southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

ALZ058-060-FLZ205-160000-
Crenshaw-Covington-Okaloosa Inland-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama and
northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A line of storms over interior southeast Mississippi and interior
southwest Alabama is forecast to move east tonight and bring an
enhanced risk of severe weather with the potential of damaging winds
in excess of 60 mph and a few tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

FLZ206-160000-
Okaloosa Coastal-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   High Surf Advisory.
   Wind Advisory.

A line of storms over interior southeast Mississippi and interior
southwest Alabama is forecast to move east tonight and bring an
enhanced risk of severe weather with the potential of damaging winds
in excess of 60 mph and a few tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   High Surf Advisory.
   High Rip Current Risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

GMZ630-160000-
Northern Mobile Bay-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Small Craft Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

GMZ650-160000-
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT
MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Gale Warning.
   Small Craft Advisory.

GMZ655-670-675-160000-
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 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT
MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Gale Warning.
   Small Craft Advisory.

GMZ635-636-160000-
Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

GMZ633-634-160000-
Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Small Craft Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

GMZ631-632-160000-
Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-
612 PM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH 48 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Tornado Watch.
   Small Craft Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see
Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the
following hazards.

   Small Craft Advisory.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:19 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:23 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:43 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:14 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox33 min
Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington3 hr
Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington13 hr
Apr 14, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin59 min
Apr 14, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox43 min
Apr 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Apr 14, 9:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe3 hr
Apr 14, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Escambia66 min
Apr 14, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Apr 14, 9:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington15 hr
Apr 14, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington40 min
Apr 14, 10:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBConecuh, Escambia3 hr
Apr 14, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler56 min
Apr 14, 10:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBConecuh, Escambia3 hr
Apr 14, 10:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBWashington12 hr
Apr 14, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Apr 14, 11:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington, Wilcox12 hr
Apr 15, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Apr 15, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Apr 15, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Apr 15, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile11 hr
Apr 15, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB116 min
Apr 15, 5:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Apr 15, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 14, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia63 min
Apr 14, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa62 min
Apr 15, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa27 min
Apr 14, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBPerry, Stone6 hr
Apr 14, 7:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Apr 14, 8:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson6 days
Apr 14, 9:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone5 hr
Apr 15, 1:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Stone6 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.