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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2018, 4:38 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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 23, 2018, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 611 AM CDT Wed May 23 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-GMZ633-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-241115- 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- 611 AM CDT Wed May 23 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. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms can be expected today and tonight. Gusty winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning and periods of very heavy rain can be expected with the stronger thunderstorms through early tonight. Some minor flooding, mostly local, will be possible with some of the stronger storms through early tonight. A moderate risk for rip currents will continue through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms can be expected each day through late in the week. Gusty straight line winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning and periods of very heavy rain can be expected with the stronger thunderstorms through late in the week. Due to a developing area of low pressure over the central Gulf of Mexico moving northward better coverage of showers and thunderstorms can be expected late in the week and over the weekend. With this pattern more widespread flooding will be possible over the weekend continuing into early next week. Damaging straightline winds and isolated tornadoes will also be possible with the stronger thunderstorms. Stay tuned for further updates throughout the week. A moderate risk for rip currents will continue through early next week. This risk could become high by late in the week and over the weekend as the low pressure system nears the coast. Some coastal flooding and beach erosion will also be possible. GMZ630>632-634>636-650-655-670-675-241115- 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- 611 AM CDT Wed May 23 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Wind and waves will be higher in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Frequent lightning and isolated waterspouts will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Wind and waves will be higher in scattered to numerous thunderstorms throughout the week. Frequent lightning and isolated waterspouts will also be possible. A developing surface low is expected to move northward over the central Gulf late in the week and over the weekend. Elevated winds and seas will be likley as the area of low pressure moves northward over the north central gulf. Better coverage of thunderstorms will also be likely mostly in the form of squalls. Periods of very heavy rain reducing visibilities to less than one nautical mile can be expected. Frequent lightning and waterspouts will also be likley. Tides will also run above predicted levels.
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:46 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 119 min |
| May 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 48 min |
| May 23, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| May 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 51 min |
| May 23, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 41 min |
| May 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 49 min |
| May 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| May 23, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| May 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 40 min |
| May 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
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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.