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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Nov 25, 2018, 3:14 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 25, 2018, 3:14 PM CST (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2018, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 25, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 10:13 AM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 1013 AM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261615- 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- 1013 AM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Alabama...southwest Alabama...northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage across our area this afternoon into this evening ahead of an approaching cold front. A few storms may become strong to briefly severe, mainly to the south of a New Augusta Mississippi to Crestview Florida line. The primary severe weather hazard will be strong to locally damaging wind gusts. A brief tornado cannot be entirely ruled out near the immediate coast. A high risk of rip currents will continue along area beaches through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday There is a moderate risk of rip currents on Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter groups and emergency management officials should monitor weather conditions closely near the coast this afternoon and evening. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-261615- 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- 1013 AM CST Sun Nov 25 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and storms will develop across the marine area this afternoon and evening. A few storms may become strong to severe and capable of producing strong wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, reduced visibility due to heavy rain, and waterspouts. Small craft should exercise caution over much of the marine area this afternoon and early evening, then a Small Craft Advisory is in effect beginning at 9 pm CST this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A Small Craft Advisory will remain in effect for much of the marine area until noon CST Monday. Moderate to strong winds may continue to create hazardous conditions for small craft Monday afternoon through Monday night.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 3:14 PM CST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
314 PM CST SUN NOV 25 2018
ALZ263-265-252200-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
314 PM CST SUN NOV 25 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...EXTREME SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CST...
At 313 PM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located near Moss Point,
moving east at 35 mph.
Winds gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre and Coden.
LAT...LON 3032 8820 3036 8819 3040 8834 3039 8840
3049 8840 3052 8810 3033 8814 3026 8809
3032 8816 3032 8819 3031 8819 3025 8818
3025 8808 3023 8828 3025 8820 3031 8821
3023 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 262DEG 32KT 3038 8851The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 11:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:39 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:12 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 32 hr | |
| Nov 25, 4:54 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 23 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Nov 25, 3:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:04 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Nov 25, 4:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:04 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Nov 25, 5:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 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.