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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 28, 2021Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

722 
WWUS84 KMOB 281908
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
208 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
 
ALZ059-060-FLZ203-205-281945-
Escambia AL-Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
208 PM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... 
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHERN COVINGTON...OKALOOSA AND NORTHERN 
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

At 207 PM CDT, thunderstorms, some intense, were located along a 
line extending from 8 miles north of Samson to Milton, and moving 
southeast at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Crestview, Opp, Florala, Baker, Laurel Hill, Lockhart, Roeville and
Point Baker.

LAT...LON 3100 8619 3099 8639 3061 8639 3065 8724
      3078 8702 3100 8694 3132 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 301DEG 25KT 3123 8610 3065 8703 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	50 min
Mar 28, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	43 min
Mar 28, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	38 min
Mar 28, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia	45 min
Mar 28, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	61 min
Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		42 min
Mar 28, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	48 min
Mar 28, 9:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	38 min

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.