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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

January 26, 2021Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jan 26, 2021, 3:50 AM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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
Jan 26, 2021, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2021, 4:45 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WWUS84 KMOB 260950
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
350 AM CST Tue Jan 26 2021
 
ALZ054-261045-
Wilcox AL-
350 AM CST Tue Jan 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM CST...

At 350 AM CST, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Magnolia, or 16 miles southeast of Linden, moving east at 55 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Camden and Pine Hill. 

LAT...LON 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728
      3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718
      3205 8686 3200 8686 3196 8767 3200 8767
      3201 8762 3213 8762 3213 8752 3224 8752
      3225 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 264DEG 48KT 3215 8758 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 8:11 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile14 hr
Jan 25, 8:15 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB16 hr
Jan 26, 2:36 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw54 min
Jan 26, 3:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jan 26, 4:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington56 min
Jan 26, 4:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jan 26, 6:29 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Jan 26, 8:00 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jan 26, 9:18 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Jan 26, 3:06 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB23 hr
Jan 26, 3:06 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB54 hr
Jan 26, 4:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa42 min
Jan 26, 7:42 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Jan 26, 3:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne56 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.