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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2021, 2:22 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 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
- Apr 10, 2021, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 18.1
The text
As transmitted.
969
WWUS84 KMOB 100722
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
222 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021
ALZ263-265-100830-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
222 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
At 222 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles northwest
of Alabama Port, or 5 miles east of Bayou La Batre, moving north at
55 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Tillmans Corner, Theodore,
Bayou La Batre, I65 And I165, Coden and I10 And I65.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm 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.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3034 8815 3032 8819 3036 8819 3036 8825
3034 8826 3038 8825 3038 8827 3079 8817
3075 8804 3072 8804 3072 8802 3074 8802
3073 8800 3070 8803 3068 8800 3068 8804
3057 8809 3031 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 197DEG 49KT 3041 8816
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 63 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Apr 10, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 17 min |
| Apr 10, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Apr 10, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 4:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 5:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 10, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 5:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Apr 10, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Apr 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 10, 9:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 12 min |
| Apr 10, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 7:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.