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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 12:11 AM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2021, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 12:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Monroeville, AL | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORT JUST SOUTH OF MONROEVILLE ALONG AL21. 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
425 WWUS84 KMOB 250511 SPSMOB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 1211 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ALZ054>056-250600- Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL- 1211 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND NORTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT... At 1211 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles southwest of Vredenburgh to near Monroeville, and moving east at 40 mph. Wind gusts of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Monroeville, Peterman, Beatrice, Vredenburgh and Pine Apple. 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. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3198 8691 3146 8690 3145 8744 3184 8745 TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 259DEG 35KT 3178 8737 3152 8737 $$
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, 12:16 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.