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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 2020Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 3, 2020, 7:33 AM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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: Jan 3, 2020, 7:33 AM CST (13:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2020, 8:15 AM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 285 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: 141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Jan 3, 6:34 AM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:34 AM CST, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 7:04 AM CST, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 5:27 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
527 AM CST Fri Jan 3 2020

ALZ057-058-031215-
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-
527 AM CST Fri Jan 3 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM
CST...

At 526 AM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located near Greenville,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts over 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville and Highland Home.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3163 8669 3185 8671 3197 8655 3196 8641
      3203 8641 3204 8640 3204 8641 3205 8640
      3205 8630 3197 8630 3197 8620 3196 8619
      3191 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 228DEG 36KT 3181 8658

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 5:46 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
546 AM CST Fri Jan 3 2020

ALZ055-056-059-262-264-FLZ201-031230-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-
Escambia AL-Escambia Inland FL-
546 AM CST Fri Jan 3 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...WESTERN
ESCAMBIA...SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 AM CST...

At 546 AM CST, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles northeast of Stockton to 4 miles north of Bay
Minette to 3 miles west of Stapleton, and moving northeast at 55 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Bay Minette, Atmore, Frisco City, Stockton, McCullough, Uriah, I65
And AL 225, I65 And CR 1, I65 And AL 113, I65 And AL 21 and Poarch
Creek Reservation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

These storms 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 3080 8793 3080 8792 3081 8793 3091 8795
      3093 8794 3092 8791 3095 8790 3095 8787
      3097 8789 3099 8787 3101 8790 3140 8771
      3143 8765 3141 8761 3144 8757 3148 8757
      3152 8762 3153 8761 3133 8714 3064 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 213DEG 48KT 3102 8781 3095 8777 3075 8785

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:23 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:49 AM CST, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:58 AM CST, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 7:33 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 3:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		38 min
Jan 3, 4:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	33 min
Jan 3, 5:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Jan 3, 5:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	48 min
Jan 3, 5:32 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		45 hr
Jan 3, 5:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	44 min
Jan 3, 6:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	38 min
Jan 3, 6:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	67 min
Jan 3, 6:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	26 min
Jan 3, 6:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	66 min
Jan 3, 6:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	32 min
Jan 3, 2:54 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		66 min
Jan 3, 2:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	33 min
Jan 3, 2:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	6 days

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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.