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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 13, 2019Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2019, 1:24 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 13, 2019, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2019, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2019-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2019-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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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 Jul 13, 12:33 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 12:33 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 12:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:35 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:00 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:24 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 12, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jul 12, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB25 min
Jul 12, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB24 min
Jul 12, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Jul 12, 9:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBMobile39 hr
Jul 12, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB12 min
Jul 12, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Jul 13, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jul 13, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jul 13, 2:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jul 13, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 13, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile47 min
Jul 13, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile42 min
Jul 13, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin42 min
Jul 13, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Jul 13, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 13, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile39 min
Jul 13, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Jul 13, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 13, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin38 min
Jul 13, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile45 min
Jul 13, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin30 min
Jul 13, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Jul 13, 12:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile6 hr
Jul 13, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Jul 13, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jul 13, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia67 min
Jul 13, 2:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia, Monroe35 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile42 min
Jul 13, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin19 hr
Jul 13, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 13, 5:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington15 hr
Jul 13, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jul 13, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile16 min
Jul 13, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia55 min
Jul 13, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.