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Special Marine Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL

May 2, 2021

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at May 2, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 2, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

350 
WHUS54 KMOB 022127
SMWMOB
GMZ650-655-670-675-022330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.MA.W.0113.210502T2127Z-210502T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
427 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out
  20 NM...
  Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM...
  Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to
  60 NM...
  Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 426 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 nm south of Perdido Pass to 49 nm south of
  Oriskany Reef, moving east at 30 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  East Pass At Destin, Pensacola Beach, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef,
  Oriskany Reef, Perdido Pass and Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef.

LAT...LON 2936 8648 2939 8666 2929 8740 3026 8763
      3031 8738 3039 8657 3038 8639 2926 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 270DEG 30KT 3016 8752 2926 8730 

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$
1 follow-up statement
309 
FZUS74 KMOB 022215
MWSMOB

Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
515 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

GMZ650-670-022224-
/O.CAN.KMOB.MA.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
515 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The affected areas were...
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM...
Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM...

The thunderstorms have moved out of the warned area thus the warning 
has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2936 8648 2939 8666 2933 8710 3033 8721
      3039 8657 3038 8639 2926 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 259DEG 21KT 3031 8717 2937 8701 

$$

GMZ655-675-022330-
/O.CON.KMOB.MA.W.0113.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
515 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

For the following areas...
Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out
20 NM...
Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60
NM...

At 514 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Pensacola Beach to 40 nm south of Oriskany Reef,
moving east at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
         suddenly higher waves.

Locations impacted include...
East Pass At Destin, Pensacola Beach, Okaloosa Deep Water Reef,
Oriskany Reef and Fort Walton Liberty Ship Reef.

LAT...LON 2936 8648 2939 8666 2933 8710 3033 8721
      3039 8657 3038 8639 2926 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 259DEG 21KT 3031 8717 2937 8701 

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:05 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB30 hr
May 2, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
May 2, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington33 min
May 2, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke41 min
May 2, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox39 min
May 2, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min
May 2, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB49 min
May 2, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa55 min
May 2, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry41 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.