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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2018, 8:29 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
- May 20, 2018, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2018, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 20, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 452 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-GMZ633-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211000- 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-Perdido Bay-Wayne-Perry-Greene- Stone-George- 452 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, southeast Mississippi and the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms may produce brief strong wind gusts along outflow boundaries with frequent lightning and brief locally heavy rainfall. There is a moderate risk of rip currents across area beaches on today through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. GMZ630>632-634>636-650-655-670-675-211000- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- 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- 452 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Winds and seas will be locally higher near isolated to scattered storms. Otherwise, the probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
355 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018
ALZ055-202145-
Monroe AL-
355 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
At 354 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Monroeville, moving southwest at 10 mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Monroeville, Frisco City and Peterman.
LAT...LON 3158 8723 3137 8745 3153 8760 3155 8757
3162 8756 3172 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 050DEG 8KT 3161 8737Special weather statement, May 20, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 454 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018 ALZ052-053-202245- Clarke AL-Washington AL- 454 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... At 454 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of Jackson, moving west at 10 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Jackson and Leroy. LAT...LON 3164 8768 3145 8768 3137 8795 3166 8802 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 092DEG 9KT 3155 8781
Special weather statement, May 20, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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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.