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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2019, 11:25 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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
- Oct 15, 2019, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2019, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 Oct 15, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 527 AM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019 ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-161030- 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- 527 AM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A few strong to marginally severe storms are possible south of Highway 84 today. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Rain with embedded thunderstorms may create local ponding to nuisance flooding of water in poor drainage areas along and north of Highway 84. There is a Moderate Risk of dangerous rip currents beginning tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is a moderate risk of rip currents through Wednesday. There is a moderate to high risk of rip currents Saturday through Monday .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-161030- 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- 527 AM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Moderate southwest to west winds will create hazardous conditions for small craft beginning tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Moderate westerly flow early Wednesday will create hazardous conditions for small craft. Moderate to strong onshore flow Friday through Monday will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 15, 11:25 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1125 AM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
ALZ059-060-FLZ203-205-151730-
Escambia AL-Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1125 AM CDT Tue Oct 15 2019
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...NORTHERN OKALOOSA AND
NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...
At 1125 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Andalusia to 15 miles southwest of River Falls to near
Riverview, and moving east at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Andalusia, Opp, Florala, Laurel Hill, Lockhart and Heath.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
lead to brief localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
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LAT...LON 3099 8631 3099 8639 3096 8639 3086 8661
3102 8717 3115 8673 3136 8648 3136 8619
3104 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 274DEG 23KT 3131 8646 3115 8666 3104 8702The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Oct 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 48 min |
| Oct 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Oct 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Oct 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 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.