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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 9:17 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
- Mar 24, 2021, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KMOB 250217
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
917 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
MSZ075-076-078-079-250315-
Stone MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-George MS-
917 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...WESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND
STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
At 916 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near McHenry to 7 miles east of Wiggins to 17 miles
southwest of Lucedale, and moving northeast at 40 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Wiggins, Lucedale, Perkinston, McHenry, Beaumont and McLain.
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 3091 8917 3091 8914 3115 8914 3120 8868
3100 8847 3073 8885 3073 8888 3072 8889
3067 8903 3068 8924 3065 8924 3065 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 229DEG 34KT 3072 8918 3086 8901 3078 8884
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 24 min |
| Mar 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
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.