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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2018, 2:21 PM CDT for Mobile 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
- Jun 13, 2018, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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
- 631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
450
WWUS84 KMOB 131921
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
221 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2018
ALZ263-265-132000-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
221 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2018
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
At 220 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles northwest of Grand Bay to Theodore to 5 miles
east of Chickasaw, and moving east at 5 mph.
Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Tillmans Corner, Theodore,
Spanish Fort, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre and I10 And I65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3040 8840 3060 8841 3078 8800 3085 8793
3081 8794 3078 8799 3078 8796 3073 8800
3073 8799 3071 8799 3075 8797 3075 8793
3069 8793 3072 8792 3055 8790 3048 8794
3039 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 292DEG 6KT 3050 8839 3057 8817 3075 8798
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 30 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.