Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min. 20 reports 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 31, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Orchard, AL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM PINE ORCHARD. TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 5 NEAR PINE ORCHARD. REPORT VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER AND TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Orchard, AL | TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 5 NEAR PINE ORCHARD. REPORT VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Peterman, AL | EM REPORT OF PEA SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Starlington, AL | TREE DOWN ON STARLINGTON RD NEAR HWY 106. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Industry, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF N FRIENDSHIP DR & HWY 106. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ese Greenville, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR 1818 SOUTH MOUNT ZION RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Industry, AL | TREE DOWN AT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR-16 & HWY 106. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Pigeon Creek, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR 15672 HALSO MILL RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ese Pigeon Creek, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF WOODS RD & FIVE POINTS RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Luverne, AL | TREE DOWN ON PETREY HWY AT CITY LIMITS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Luverne, AL | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR SPRINGHILL RD & MT IDA RD INTERSECTION. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Brantley, AL | TREE DOWN ON COMPTON RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Brantley, AL | TREE AND POWERLINE DOWN NEAR 3930 CAMERON CHAPEL RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brantley, AL | DOWNED POWERLINE NEAR N SASSER ST AT CAMELIA VILLAGE APTS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brantley, AL | TREE DOWN ON ELLIS ST. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Brantley, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR 700 CARTER RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brantley, AL | DOWNED POWERLINE ON EAST MILL STREET. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Dozier, AL | TREE DOWN ON ROSE HILL RD. NEAR HWY 331. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Bullock, AL | TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF OLD NOTCH RD AND MORGAN HILL RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| Mar 31, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Bullock, AL | TREE DOWN ON STRICKLIN RD. 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
565
WWUS84 KMOB 312015
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
315 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021
ALZ054>058-312115-
Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-
315 PM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE...CRENSHAW...SOUTHEASTERN
WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
At 315 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles east of Pine Apple to 12 miles northwest of
Georgiana to 4 miles east of Monroeville, and moving east at 55 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Monroeville, Luverne, Peterman, Georgiana, Brantley,
McKenzie, Rutledge, Dozier, Glenwood, Pine Apple, Petrey and Highland
Home.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for
south central Alabama. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 700 PM CDT for south central Alabama.
LAT...LON 3153 8620 3148 8619 3148 8628 3153 8628
3149 8634 3149 8640 3153 8640 3152 8670
3150 8670 3152 8743 3175 8715 3195 8706
3196 8618 3189 8617 3179 8620 3179 8615
3166 8615 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 270DEG 47KT 3189 8690 3172 8693 3151 8726
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 108 min |
| Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 21 days |
| Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT | Gale Watch | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 33 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 57 hr | |
| Mar 31, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 9 min |
| Mar 31, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 15 min |
| Mar 31, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Mar 31, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 26 min | |
| Mar 31, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 31, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.