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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 25, 2020Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2020, 3:18 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2020, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.

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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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Jun 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:31 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
305 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2020

ALZ056-057-060-252045-
Conecuh AL-Butler AL-Covington AL-
305 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 305 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Evergreen, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Evergreen, McKenzie, River Falls, Red Level and I65 And US 84.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3128 8655 3139 8715 3161 8702 3154 8650
      3153 8650 3152 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 282DEG 24KT 3150 8696

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
318 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2020

ALZ060-252100-
Covington AL-
318 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 318 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
of Heath, or 6 miles east of Andalusia, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Andalusia, Opp, River Falls, Red Level, Heath and Gantt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3128 8665 3152 8659 3152 8653 3149 8640
      3145 8640 3148 8636 3145 8626 3144 8626
      3144 8619 3140 8620 3116 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 282DEG 23KT 3131 8637

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	47 min
Jun 25, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	42 min
Jun 25, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	34 min
Jun 25, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	42 min
Jun 25, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	42 min
Jun 25, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	45 min
Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	40 min
Jun 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	39 min
Jun 25, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	41 min
Jun 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	40 min
Jun 25, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	68 min
Jun 25, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	44 min
Jun 25, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	67 min
Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	35 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.