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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 24, 2021Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2021, 11:21 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2021, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted.

613 
WWUS84 KMOB 241621
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1121 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
 
ALZ059-262-264-FLZ201-203-241700-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Escambia AL-Escambia Inland FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1121 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
BALDWIN...EASTERN ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTHWESTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...

At 1121 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Bay Minette, moving east at 55 mph.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bay Minette, Brewton, Century, Flomaton, East Brewton, Jay, Pollard,
Riverview and Bratt.

LAT...LON 3072 8771 3087 8781 3121 8695 3117 8683
      3106 8675 3099 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 247DEG 47KT 3085 8761 

$$
Black

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more17 hr
Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington65 min
Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Washington4 hr
Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Washington39 min
Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington50 min
Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington13 min
Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe44 min
Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more51 min
Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile46 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox48 min
Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia54 min
Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile63 min
Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw24 min
Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia48 min
Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin47 min
Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile30 min
Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington45 min
Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke6 hr
Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile5 hr
Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington38 min
Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington44 min
Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington39 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington18 min
Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia, Monroe45 min
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington26 min
Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe46 min
Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh38 min
Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw47 min
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke45 min
Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw40 min
Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke25 min
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox49 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox2 hr
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington47 min
Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox44 min
Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox4 hr
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe50 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox35 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler27 min
Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington20 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw43 min
Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe39 min
Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw51 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe46 min
Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile40 min
Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw39 min
Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe66 min
Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw64 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile48 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBConecuh, Covington110 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe29 min
Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia48 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh31 min
Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe3 hr
Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Apr 24, 8:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa111 min
Apr 24, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa16 min
Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa39 min
Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa14 min
Apr 24, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa46 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa4 hr
Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa36 min
Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa51 min
Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge, Greene, Stone45 min
Apr 23, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Apr 23, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry51 min
Apr 24, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry63 min
Apr 24, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry65 min
Apr 24, 2:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene, Perry3 hr
Apr 24, 3:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry5 hr
Apr 24, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone41 min
Apr 24, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne21 days
Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry6 days
Apr 24, 9:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson21 days

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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.