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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 19, 2019Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2019, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 19, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:44 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
444 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-200945-
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-
444 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama,
southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

The probability for hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

The probability for hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-200945-
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-
444 AM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama
and northwest Florida.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

The probability for hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

The probability for hazardous weather is low.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:26 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:48 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:58 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
258 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

ALZ054>057-192045-
Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
258 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND
NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 257 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Pine Apple, or 19 miles east of Camden, moving northwest at 10 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Peterman, Beatrice and Pine Apple.

LAT...LON 3196 8686 3196 8660 3176 8691 3155 8713
      3155 8734 3193 8726 3205 8703 3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 142DEG 7KT 3194 8697

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
303 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

ALZ052-053-192030-
Clarke AL-Washington AL-
303 PM CDT Fri Jul 19 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 330
PM CDT...

At 303 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located near McIntosh, or
16 miles south of Jackson. This storm was nearly stationary.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
McIntosh.

LAT...LON 3131 8783 3117 8790 3122 8814 3143 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 121DEG 3KT 3128 8797

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	33 min
Jul 19, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	49 min
Jul 19, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	42 min
Jul 19, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	47 min
Jul 19, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	26 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	47 min
Jul 19, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	43 min
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	42 min
Jul 19, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	29 min
Jul 19, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019 Every 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.