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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2018, 5:33 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 4, 2018, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Sep 4, 4:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 4:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ALZ265-266-052200- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Flash Flood Watch. Hurricane Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Flash Flood Watch. Hurricane Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation likely tonight. ALZ263-264-052200- Mobile Central-Baldwin Central- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Hurricane Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Hurricane Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation likely tonight. ALZ261-262-FLZ201-MSZ075-076-078-079-052200- Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Escambia Inland-Perry-Greene-Stone- George- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required tonight. ALZ051-053>058-060-FLZ205-052200- Choctaw-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw-Covington- Okaloosa Inland- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Brief strong wind gusts possible with the passage of Tropical Storm Gordon's outer rain bands. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation not expected to be required. ALZ052-059-FLZ203-MSZ067-052200- Washington-Escambia-Santa Rosa Inland-Wayne- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required tonight. FLZ202-204-052200- Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Flash Flood Watch. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Flash Flood Watch. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required tonight. FLZ206-052200- Okaloosa Coastal- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Tropical Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required tonight. GMZ630>633-650-670-675-052200- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS 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- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Hurricane Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Hurricane Warning. GMZ634-635-655-052200- Pensacola Bay System-Western Choctawhatchee Bay- Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Tropical Storm Warning. GMZ636-052200- Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- 457 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Winds and waves locally higher with the passage of Tropical Storm Gordon's outer rain bands. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 4, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TROPICAL STORM 15 SSE ROMAR BEACH 30.07N 87.55W
09/04/2018 GMZ650 AL BUOY
BUOY 42012 REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35
KNOTS (40 MPH) AND GUSTS TO 47 KNOTS (54
MPH.).
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JFBLocal storm report, Sep 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Sep 4, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min |
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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.