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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2019, 12:13 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 2, 2019, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2019, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
561
WWUS84 KMOB 021713
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1213 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2019
ALZ263-265-021745-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
1213 PM CDT Fri Aug 2 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...
At 1213 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Tillmans
Corner, moving northwest at 10 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Tillmans Corner, Theodore and I10 And I65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3059 8834 3070 8813 3062 8810 3061 8812
3059 8812 3057 8810 3057 8809 3058 8809
3058 8810 3059 8811 3060 8811 3061 8810
3055 8808 3048 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 137DEG 9KT 3057 8818
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 2, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 20 min |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 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.