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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Feb 8, 2021, 10:56 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Feb 8, 2021, 10:56 PM CST (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2021, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
325
WWUS84 KMOB 090456
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1056 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021
ALZ059-262-264-266-FLZ201>204-090545-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Escambia AL-
Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Coastal FL-Escambia Coastal FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1056 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...BALDWIN...WESTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CST...
At 1055 PM CST, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Bay Minette to Silverhill, and
moving northeast at 65 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Daphne, Fairhope, Gonzalez, Bay Minette, Atmore, Pace, Spanish Fort,
Robertsdale, Point Clear, Century, Loxley, Stapleton, Molino,
Summerdale, Silverhill, Bratt, I65 And CR 1, I65 And AL 21 and
Floridatown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3038 8787 3048 8793 3075 8793 3075 8795
3066 8794 3066 8796 3072 8797 3068 8798
3068 8799 3069 8799 3083 8794 3086 8798
3088 8791 3076 8793 3075 8792 3091 8790
3121 8733 3057 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 240DEG 57KT 3082 8784 3053 8778
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 10:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 59 min |
| Feb 8, 11:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Feb 9, 1:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Feb 9, 3:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Feb 9, 4:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Feb 9, 6:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Feb 9, 6:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Feb 9, 7:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 9, 8:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 9, 12:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 32 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.