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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 30, 2018Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2018, 1:39 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 30, 2018, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2018, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2018-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 30, 12:44 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:44 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:49 AM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-011100-
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-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George-
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama,
southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A few strong to severe storms are possible today, with gusty winds
and small hail possible.

Heat index values of 100 to 105 are expected today, with some
localities seeing indices around 108.

There is a moderate risk for dangerous rip currents along all area
beaches today and tonight.

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

Thunderstorms are expected each day, with an isolated strong to
severe storm bringing damaging winds and small hail. A few may bring
locally heavy rains along and south of Interstate 10, causing
localized nuisance flooding.

A moderate risk for rip currents will continue along the Gulf
beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida through Sunday night.

Heat index values of 100 to 105 are expected Sunday, with some
localities seeing indices around 108.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-011100-
Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-
Perdido Bay-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-
549 AM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Winds and waves will be locally higher near isolated to scattered
showers and thunderstorms.

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

Winds and waves will be locally higher near isolated to scattered
showers and thunderstorms each day through Friday.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:56 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:04 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington26 min
Jun 30, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Jun 30, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile49 min
Jun 30, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington41 min
Jun 30, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Jun 30, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Jun 30, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Jun 30, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox44 min
Jun 30, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox37 min
Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw33 min
Jun 30, 6:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWilcox2 hr
Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw50 min
Jun 30, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.