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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2021, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 11:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | Malcolm, AL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM MALCOLM. DIME SIZE HAIL REPORT FROM NEWS MEDIA ON TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 250319
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1019 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
ALZ052-261-MSZ076-079-250415-
Washington AL-Mobile Inland AL-Greene MS-George MS-
1019 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN GEORGE AND
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...
At 1019 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 10 miles
southeast of Leakesville, moving northeast at 45 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Citronelle, Chatom, Leakesville, Deer Park, Tibbie, Calvert,
Fruitdale and McIntosh.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8833 3126 8799 3115 8797 3089 8851
3102 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 236DEG 38KT 3103 8846
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.