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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 15, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2018, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 777 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 15, 12:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 12:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 5:26 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 526 AM CDT Wed Aug 15 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161030- 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- 526 AM CDT Wed Aug 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There is a moderate risk of rip currents along area beaches Friday into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-161030- 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- 526 AM CDT Wed Aug 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 200 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2018 ALZ261>264-151930- Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Mobile Central AL- Mobile Inland AL- 200 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST CENTRAL MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... At 200 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of Stapleton, or 5 miles north of Spanish Fort, moving west at 10 mph. Winds gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Spanish Fort and Stapleton. 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. 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 3062 8807 3094 8797 3084 8772 3063 8777 TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 105DEG 7KT 3075 8788
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 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.