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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2018, 3:36 AM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2018, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2018, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Butler County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 29, 12:36 AM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 12:36 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 10:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
336 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
ALZ057-058-290915-
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-
336 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...
At 336 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Lowndes County Airport, or 5 miles southeast of Fort Deposit,
moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Lapine and Highland Home.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8618 3168 8681 3194 8688 3196 8681
3196 8641 3203 8641 3204 8640 3205 8640
3205 8630 3197 8630 3196 8619 3193 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 248DEG 29KT 3192 8653The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| May 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| May 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 6 hr |
| May 28, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 48 min |
| May 29, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 6 hr |
| May 29, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
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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.