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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2020, 2:06 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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
- May 22, 2020, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 May 22, 6:37 AM CDT, 7 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:37 AM CDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mobile AL 551 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 ALZ051>060-261>264-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231100- Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Escambia-Covington-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Escambia Inland-Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone-George- 551 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Alabama, southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected to develop later this morning though the afternoon. A few may contain gusty winds and locally heavy rains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-231100- Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Coastal- 551 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A MODERATE risk of rip currents is expected along the beaches of Alabama and northwest Florida panhandle this weekend through Monday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ630>636-650-655-670-675-231100- 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- 551 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1023 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020
ALZ052-053-221615-
Clarke AL-Washington AL-
1023 AM CDT Fri May 22 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...
At 1022 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest
of McIntosh, or 11 miles northeast of Citronelle, moving northeast at
25 mph.
Winds up to 35 to 45 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Saint Stephens, Wagarville, Leroy, Calvert and McIntosh.
LAT...LON 3147 8777 3117 8799 3114 8802 3114 8812
3118 8822 3159 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 205DEG 21KT 3122 8809Special weather statement, May 22, 1:38 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 138 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020 ALZ054-055-221930- Wilcox AL-Monroe AL- 138 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... At 137 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest of Peterman, or 7 miles north of Monroeville, moving northeast at 15 mph. Winds up to 35 to 35 mph will be possible with this storm. A few other strong storms were noted over eastern Wilcox county, also moving northeast at 15 mph. Locations impacted include... Peterman, Beatrice, Vredenburgh and Pine Apple. LAT...LON 3154 8729 3164 8745 3206 8722 3191 8691 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 209DEG 15KT 3164 8734
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
206 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
MSZ067-222000-
Wayne MS-
206 PM CDT Fri May 22 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WAYNE
COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
At 205 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast
of Ovett, or 12 miles north of Richton, moving northeast at 25 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro and Clara.
LAT...LON 3182 8894 3185 8865 3189 8848 3163 8846
3143 8889 3143 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 228DEG 20KT 3153 8897The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| May 22, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| May 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 65 min |
| May 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 43 min |
| May 22, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 43 min |
| May 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 46 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 62 min |
| May 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 57 min |
| May 22, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 61 min |
| May 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 57 min |
| May 22, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 50 min |
| May 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 36 min |
| May 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 53 min |
| May 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 59 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.