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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 1, 2018, 3:48 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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
- Dec 1, 2018, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2018, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Dec 1, 12:02 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 12:02 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 604 AM CST Fri Nov 30 2018 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-011215- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Coastal- 604 AM CST Fri Nov 30 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and 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. High Surf Advisory. There is a high risk of rip currents along the beaches of southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. Life threatening rip currents will be dangerous for all levels of swimmers. High surf conditions along the beaches will begin tonight. A storm system approaching from the west will bring a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms late tonight southwest a line from Waynesboro Mississippi to Navarre Beach Florida. Damaging thunderstorm winds and short-lived isolated tornadoes will be the main threats. In addition, brief periods of heavy rainfall could result in some minor nuisance flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The storm system will continue to bring a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms through early Saturday afternoon. Damaging thunderstorm winds and short-lived isolated tornadoes will be the main threats. In addition, brief periods of heavy rainfall could result in some minor nuisance flooding. 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 Surf Advisory. High Rip Current Risk. A high risk of rip currents and high surf conditions will remain along the beaches of southwest Alabama and the western Florida panhandle through Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-011215- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 604 AM CST Fri Nov 30 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A storm system approaching from the west will bring a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms late tonight southwest a line from Waynesboro Mississippi to Navarre Beach Florida. Damaging thunderstorm winds and short-lived isolated tornadoes will be the main threats. In addition, brief periods of heavy rainfall could result in some minor nuisance flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The storm system will continue to bring a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms through early Saturday afternoon across the entire area. Damaging thunderstorm winds and short-lived isolated tornadoes will be the main threats. In addition, brief periods of heavy rainfall could result in some minor nuisance flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-011215- 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- 604 AM CST Fri Nov 30 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and 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. Small Craft Advisory. Small craft operating on the gulf waters, the Mississippi Sound, and southern Mobile Bay should exercise caution today. A strong southerly flow and building seas will likley create hazardous conditions to small craft beginning tonight across all marine zones. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/mob (see Fast Access Product Section) for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. A strong southerly flow and building seas will likley create hazardous conditions to small craft Saturday and Saturday night.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 3:48 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 3:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 1, 3:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Dec 1, 5:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 14 min | |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Dec 1, 8:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Dec 1, 10:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 1, 11:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Dec 1, 12:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Dec 1, 1:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Dec 1, 4:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Dec 1, 5:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Dec 1, 5:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 42 min |
| Dec 1, 12:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Dec 1, 4:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Dec 1, 5:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 5:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Dec 1, 5:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 40 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.