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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 1, 2018, 7:36 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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, 7:36 PM CST (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2018, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 1639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 Dec 1, 6:13 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 6:13 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ALZ266-FLZ202-204-030030- Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest 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. Flash Flood Watch. High Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ265-030030- Mobile Coastal- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... 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 Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ264-FLZ201-203-030030- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest 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. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ051>059-261>263-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030030- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-Wayne-Perry- Greene-Stone-George- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ060-FLZ205-030030- Covington-Okaloosa Inland- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...TORNADO WATCH 435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central 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. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed through 1 am CST tonight. FLZ206-030030- Okaloosa Coastal- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...TORNADO WATCH 435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... 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. Tornado Watch. Flash Flood Watch. High Surf Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed through 1 am CST tonight. GMZ630>634-030030- Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound- Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. GMZ650-655-670-675-030030- 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 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... 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. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. GMZ635-636-030030- Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay- 617 PM CST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...TORNADO WATCH 435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 1, 5:11 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 6:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Dec 1, 6:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| Dec 1, 7:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Dec 2, 12:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Dec 2, 1:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Dec 2, 2:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Dec 2, 2:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Dec 2, 4:17 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Dec 2, 4:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Dec 2, 5:12 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Dec 2, 5:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Dec 1, 6:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 days |
| Dec 1, 6:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 58 min |
| Dec 1, 6:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 76 min |
| Dec 2, 1:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Dec 2, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 47 min |
| Dec 2, 2:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 min |
| Dec 2, 2:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Dec 2, 3:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Dec 2, 3:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
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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.