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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 2, 2018Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2018, 3:15 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 2, 2018, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 2, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:08 AM CDT, 12 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
308 AM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-GMZ633-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030815-
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-
308 AM CDT Sat Jun 2 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.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents along area beaches.

Strong wind gusts, locally heavy rain and frequent lightning will be
possible with any strong storms through early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong wind gusts, locally heavy rain and frequent lightning will be
possible with any strong storms on Sunday.

Afternoon heat index values of 100 to 105 are expected on Sunday.

GMZ630>632-634>636-650-655-670-675-030815-
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-
308 AM CDT Sat Jun 2 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Winds, waves and seas may be locally higher in and near any marine
storms. Frequent lightning will also pose a threat at times as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Winds, waves and seas may be locally higher in and near any marine
storms on Sunday. Frequent lightning will also pose a threat at
times as well.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
141 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

ALZ054-021930-
Wilcox AL-
141 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

At 141 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Dannelly Reservoir, or 12 miles northwest of Camden, moving east at
20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dannelly Reservoir.

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 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728 3214 8725
      3212 8726 3212 8725 3210 8723 3208 8719
      3205 8718 3205 8701 3196 8702 3207 8751
      3222 8745 3222 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 279DEG 18KT 3215 8738

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
315 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

FLZ201-203-022100-
Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
315 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 400
PM CDT...

At 315 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located near Jay, or 4
miles southeast of Century, moving south at 10 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Century, Molino, Jay, Point Baker and Roeville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3063 8732 3095 8735 3100 8712 3100 8708
      3068 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 348DEG 11KT 3093 8721

05/RR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	51 min
Jun 2, 5:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke	3 hr
Jun 2, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	49 min
Jun 2, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	28 min
Jun 2, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	51 min
Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	39 min
Jun 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	45 min
Jun 2, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		36 min
Jun 2, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	12 min
Jun 2, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	42 min
Jun 2, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	41 min
Jun 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	38 min
Jun 2, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	43 min
Jun 2, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	47 min
Jun 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Jun 2, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	45 min

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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.