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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2020, 5:43 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2020, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Jul 14, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 329 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2020 .NEAR TERM UPDATE /Now Through Wednesday/...Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing across the area at this time and will continue through this evening before dissipating after dark. The environment still supports wet microburst potential given moist boundary layers, dry air aloft, and plenty of instability. As a result, some of the stronger storms this afternoon could be capable of producing locally damaging wind gusts in addition to the typical summertime hazards of frequent lightning and heavy downpours. Have already noted this potential in a few thunderstorms this afternoon. The deep-layer wind profile remains weak, meaning storm motion will be slow and heavily dependent on initiating boundaries/outflows, so cannot rule out a few instances of minor flooding and ponding in areas that see heavy rain persist for more than an hour. A Heat Advisory remains in effect for portions of southeast Mississippi and coastal counties until 7 pm CDT this evening. Quiet weather is expected tonight with lows remaining in the mid 70s inland and upper 70s along the coast. A weak upper low pinches from a departing mid-latitude trough and retrogrades southwestward over the local area on Wednesday. Height falls associated with this low will help support a greater thunderstorm coverage Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening, with PoPs increasing to around 60-70% for much of the area. Could once again see a few instances of locally damaging wind gusts and minor flooding issues in the heavier storms. Temperatures on Wednesday will remain a few degrees cooler than the past few days thanks to the increased coverage in rain and clouds. Highs reach the upper 80s to low 90s/ Heat indices are expected to stay below advisory criteria, around 100 to 105 degrees. /49 && .SHORT TERM /Wednesday night Through Friday night/...An upper level easterly wave over the region Wednesday night will migrate westward over the north central gulf and lower Mississippi River on Thursday, then reach the northwest Gulf and southeast Texas by late Thursday night. This will maintain scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms on Thursday. A large upper level ridge of high pressure builds from the Southern Plains eastward across the Tennessee Valley into the Mid Atlantic States on Friday. The increased upper heights along with some drier air will decrease rain chances to more of a typical pattern. Showers and thunderstorms will start near the coast in the morning, developing inland through the day. Coverage will be most numerous during peak heating before decreasing during the evening hours as the boundary layer cools. Hot and humid conditions continue with low to mid 90s for high temps and little change in the muggy overnight lows. /13 && .EXTENDED TERM /Saturday Through Tuesday/...An easterly mid level flow prevails through the extended term period as a mid level high pressure ridge becomes entrenched to the north of our forecast area. Meanwhile, weak high pressure at the sfc will maintain a weak flow pattern. The winds will primarily be diurnally-driven with the daily sea/land breeze cycle and afternoon heating through the period. Daily thunderstorm chances continue to hover around 30-50 percent through the weekend into next week as weak disturbances embedded within the easterly flow aloft pass over the area and act on a moist and moderately unstable boundary layer. The coverage of showers and storms will be focused along the sea breeze near the coast each late morning into early afternoon and then farther inland during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Daytime temperatures will continue to hover in the low to 90s, with heat indices remaining in the 100 to 107 degree range. Lows will continue to be in the low to 70s over the interior and in the upper 70s near and along the coast each night. /13 && .MARINE...No impacts are forecast except winds and waves higher near showers and storms. /29 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ALZ261>266. FL...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for FLZ201>206. MS...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ075-076-078-079. GM...None. && This product is also available on the web at: http://weather.gov/mob
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 56 min |
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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.