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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

April 24, 2021Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2021, 2:58 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 855 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:41 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
109 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0536 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SARALAND                30.82N 88.07W
04/24/2021                   MOBILE             AL   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF LARGE TREE DOWN AT US 43 AND
            EVERETT AVE. PHOTO PROVIDED VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

&&

JEH

Local storm report, Apr 24, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
130 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0403 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JANICE                  31.03N 89.03W
04/24/2021                   PERRY              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINE DOWN ACROSS
            THE CITY OF JANICE, MS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED
            ON RADAR.

&&

JEH

Local storm report, Apr 24, 2:20 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
220 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW JONATHAN          31.21N 88.64W
04/24/2021                   GREENE             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS TREES DOWN IN JONATHAN AREA. TIME
            ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

&&

JEH

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
258 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

ALZ051-MSZ067-242045-
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
258 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...

At 258 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
Waynesboro, moving east at 45 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Silas, Gilbertown and Toxey.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809 3195 8812
      3193 8809 3194 8807 3193 8806 3191 8813
      3187 8813 3182 8818 3177 8816 3176 8814
      3176 8810 3175 8810 3173 8864 3184 8874
      3189 8848 3194 8847 3199 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 264DEG 38KT 3182 8862

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	17 hr
Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	65 min
Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Washington	4 hr
Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	50 min
Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	13 min
Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe	44 min
Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more	51 min
Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	46 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	48 min
Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	54 min
Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	63 min
Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	4 hr
Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	24 min
Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	48 min
Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	47 min
Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	30 min
Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	45 min
Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke	6 hr
Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	5 hr
Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	38 min
Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	44 min
Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	45 min
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	26 min
Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	46 min
Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh	38 min
Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	45 min
Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	40 min
Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	25 min
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	49 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	2 hr
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	47 min
Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	44 min
Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox	4 hr
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe	50 min
Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	35 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler	27 min
Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	43 min
Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	20 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	43 min
Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe	39 min
Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	51 min
Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	46 min
Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	39 min
Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	66 min
Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	64 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	48 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington	110 min
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	29 min
Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	48 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	31 min
Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe	3 hr
Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Apr 24, 8:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	111 min
Apr 24, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	16 min
Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	39 min
Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	14 min
Apr 24, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	46 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	4 hr
Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	36 min
Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	51 min
Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George, Greene, Stone	45 min
Apr 23, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Apr 23, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	51 min
Apr 24, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	63 min
Apr 24, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	65 min
Apr 24, 2:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry	3 hr
Apr 24, 3:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	5 hr
Apr 24, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	41 min
Apr 24, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	21 days
Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	6 days
Apr 24, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	21 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.