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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2018, 7:21 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2018, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
794 WWUS84 KMOB 260021 SPSMOB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 721 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018 ALZ051-260045- Choctaw AL- 721 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 721 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of Kinterbish, or 12 miles north of Butler, moving north at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Pennington. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3231 8803 3218 8805 3218 8844 3231 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 185DEG 17KT 3226 8826 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| May 26, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| May 26, 12:15 PM CDT | High Surf Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 hr |
| May 26, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| May 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Mobile | 54 hr |
| May 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.