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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 1, 2020Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2020, 8:01 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 1, 2020, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 3176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 13.8

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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 Jul 1, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
332 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

ALZ261>265-012115-
Mobile Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-
Mobile Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-
332 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CENTRAL MOBILE AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
CDT...

At 332 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles west of Chunchula to Satsuma to 3 miles west
of Bay Minette to 6 miles west of Poarch Creek Reservation, and
moving south at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Daphne, Tillmans Corner,
Saraland, Bay Minette, Theodore, Chickasaw, Satsuma, Robertsdale,
Creola, Loxley, Chunchula, Stapleton, Summerdale, Silverhill, I65 And
I165, I65 And AL 158 and I10 And I65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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 3075 8792 3065 8793 3074 8803 3067 8802
      3068 8803 3073 8804 3075 8804 3042 8810
      3043 8822 3093 8826 3091 8791 3076 8792
      3091 8790 3112 8764 3060 8757 3044 8772
      3047 8780 3042 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 347DEG 23KT 3090 8829 3086 8809 3089 8783 3110
8767

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
412 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

ALZ262-264-266-012200-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-
412 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

At 412 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Stapleton, or
6 miles north of Loxley, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Spanish Fort, Robertsdale, Point Clear,
Loxley, Magnolia Springs, Stapleton, Summerdale, Silverhill and
Elberta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3041 8782 3038 8784 3041 8791 3048 8794
      3055 8790 3071 8794 3075 8792 3075 8795
      3065 8793 3068 8797 3077 8798 3078 8793
      3076 8792 3079 8792 3086 8763 3044 8740
      3034 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 335DEG 23KT 3072 8778

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
511 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

ALZ056-059-060-FLZ203-205-012315-
Conecuh AL-Escambia AL-Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-
511 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...EASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH...SOUTHERN
COVINGTON...NORTHERN OKALOOSA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

At 511 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southeast of Andalusia to 15 miles southwest
of River Falls to 4 miles southeast of Castleberry, and moving south
at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Crestview, Florala, Baker, Castleberry, Laurel Hill and Lockhart.

LAT...LON 3099 8639 3076 8639 3074 8652 3085 8705
      3133 8706 3120 8666 3124 8633 3100 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 344DEG 20KT 3118 8640 3115 8665 3125 8697

Black

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
555 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

FLZ203>206-020000-
Okaloosa Inland FL-Okaloosa Coastal FL-Santa Rosa Coastal FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-
555 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2020

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...OKALOOSA AND EASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...

At 554 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southeast of Laurel Hill to Baker to 8 miles
north of Point Baker, and moving southeast at 25 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Wright, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Niceville, Destin, Eglin AFB,
Valparaiso, Mary Esther, Ocean City, Lake Lorraine, Baker, Shalimar,
Cinco Bayou and Roeville.

LAT...LON 3089 8716 3083 8672 3090 8639 3038 8640
      3039 8645 3039 8651 3041 8645 3051 8642
      3048 8647 3052 8649 3052 8650 3051 8649
      3047 8648 3044 8655 3039 8652 3046 8660
      3040 8659 3040 8688 3038 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 304DEG 20KT 3086 8639 3080 8667 3081 8700

BLACK

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:01 PM CDT, 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
Jul 2, 5:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		92 min
Jul 2, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		23 min
Jul 2, 6:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Jul 2, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jul 2, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Jul 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Jul 2, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	49 min
Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Jul 2, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	42 min
Jul 2, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	44 min

Nearby

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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.