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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

November 27, 2019Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Nov 27, 2019, 3:39 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2019, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2019, 4:30 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2019-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2019-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 418 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
418 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Nov 26, 11:49 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 11:49 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 6:45 AM CST, 20 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mobile AL
645 AM CST Tue Nov 26 2019

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-271245-
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-
645 AM CST Tue Nov 26 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a moderate risk of rip currents along the beaches of
Alabama and the northwest Florida panhandle today and tonight.

Showers and a few thunderstorms are expected to develop across
southeast Mississippi and portions of southwest and south central
Alabama late tonight in advance of an approaching cold front.
Although the overall threat of severe weather is very low, an
isolated strong to severe storm capable of producing strong to
locally damaging winds and perhaps a brief tornado cannot be
entirely ruled out late tonight, mainly along and to the northwest
of a Beaumont, MS to Thomasville, AL line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

An isolated strong to severe storm cannot be entirely ruled out
Wednesday morning, mainly across the western Florida panhandle.

There is a high risk of rip currents along the beaches of Alabama
and the northwest Florida panhandle Wednesday and Wednesday night,
becoming a moderate risk Thursday through Friday.

Another round of showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible
ahead of another approaching cold front this weekend. We will be
monitoring for the potential of a few strong to severe storms with
this next system.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Storm spotter activation is currently not anticipated.

GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-271245-
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-
645 AM CST Tue Nov 26 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Small craft operators should exercise caution over the coastal
waters of Alabama and the northwest Florida panhandle out 60
nautical miles this afternoon through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Onshore flow will increase Saturday night ahead of the next
approaching front. A strong offshore flow may develop early Sunday
morning and continue through early Monday morning behind the
frontal passage. Small Craft Advisories may become necessary this
weekend.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 3:39 AM CST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
339 AM CST Wed Nov 27 2019

MSZ067-271030-
Wayne MS-
339 AM CST Wed Nov 27 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WAYNE
COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CST...

At 337 AM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
of Ellisville, moving east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Strengthford, Clara and Waynesboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek safe shelter indoors until the storm has passed.

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 3179 8894 3183 8882 3185 8865 3187 8856
      3144 8853 3143 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 264DEG 30KT 3154 8912

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 4:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
Nov 27, 5:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke47 min
Nov 27, 5:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington51 min
Nov 27, 5:52 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB4 hr
Nov 27, 6:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe41 min
Nov 27, 6:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh37 min
Nov 27, 7:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Crenshaw45 min
Nov 27, 4:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne32 min
Nov 27, 4:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry50 min

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Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 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.