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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 15, 2018Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2018, 12:26 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 15, 2018, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2018, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 1517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -974 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -960 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 15, 6:21 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:21 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:17 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
617 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161130-
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-
617 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Heat indices in the 100 to 105 degree range with isolated values
around 110 are expected today.

No other hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Heat indices in the 100 to 105 degree range with isolated values
around 110 are expected through Friday.

No other hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-161130-
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-
617 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms this morning and again tonight will bring
locally higher winds, greatly reduced visibilities and locally
higher waves. Waterspouts are possible during the hours before and
after sunrise.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Scattered thunderstorms during the overnight hours will bring
locally higher winds, greatly reduced visibilities, and locally
higher waves. Waterspouts are possible during the hours before and
after sunrise.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1226 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2018

MSZ067-151815-
Wayne MS-
1226 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

At 1226 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
Waynesboro, moving southeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro and Clara.

LAT...LON 3180 8873 3162 8846 3160 8846 3143 8868
      3166 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 315DEG 11KT 3167 8876

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	47 min
Jul 15, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	41 min
Jul 15, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	42 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	46 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	45 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Jul 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
Jul 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	63 min
Jul 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	3 hr
Jul 15, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	52 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	44 min
Jul 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr

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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.