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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2018, 6:46 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 22, 2018, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Apr 22, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 6:42 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 558 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-231100- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Coastal- 558 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and 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 Rip Current Risk. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become numerous across the region today as a cold front approaches from the west. There is a Marginal Threat for severe weather across the entire area today, but the greatest risk for a few severe storms with damaging wind gusts and perhaps an isolated brief/weak tornado will be over interior southwest Alabama and inland portions of the western Florida panhandle from late morning, through the afternoon and into the early evening hours. Any heavy rainfall threat appears minimal due to the relatively fast west to east motion of the front across the area today and tonight. Stay tuned for further updates on the developing situation. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. 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 Rip Current Risk. There is a continued High Risk for rip currents along the Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Sunday. ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231100- 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- 558 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and 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 Rip Current Risk. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become numerous across the region today as a cold front approaches from the west. There is a Marginal Threat for severe weather across the entire area today, but the greatest risk for a few severe storms with damaging wind gusts and perhaps an isolated brief/weak tornado will be over interior southwest Alabama and inland portions of the western Florida panhandle from late morning, through the afternoon and into the early evening hours. Any heavy rainfall threat appears minimal due to the relatively fast west to east motion of the front across the area today and tonight. Stay tuned for further updates on the developing situation. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. 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 Rip Current Risk. There is a continued High Risk for rip currents along the Gulf beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Sunday. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-231100- 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- 558 AM CDT Sun Apr 22 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous conditions for small craft can be expected today and tonight over much of the marine area. Small craft should exercise caution. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous conditions for small craft will be possible into the early and middle part of the week.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
544 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
ALZ051-053-222330-
Clarke AL-Choctaw AL-
544 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...
At 544 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Kinterbish to 4 miles south of
Butler to Silas, and moving northeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman, Silas, Coffeeville, Pennington, Gilbertown and Toxey.
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
3211 8805 3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810
3206 8812 3202 8812 3199 8810 3199 8782
3174 8781 3172 8842 3231 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 245DEG 27KT 3228 8821 3202 8824 3179 8833Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:56 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
556 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 PM TSTM WND DMG Gulf Shores 30.25N 87.70W
04/22/2018 Baldwin AL EMERGENCY MNGR
MINOR DAMAGE TO A BUILDING AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG WEST
BEACH BLVD.
&&
DJOHNSONLocal storm report, Apr 22, 6:06 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 13 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
| Apr 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 36 min |
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