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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 6, 2021Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 6, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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299 
WWUS84 KMOB 062011
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
311 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021
 
ALZ053-062100-
Clarke AL-
311 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

At 311 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Leroy, or 6 miles northwest of Jackson, moving north at 30 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Thomasville and Coffeeville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3148 8788 3149 8791 3153 8794
      3156 8802 3157 8804 3157 8802 3159 8803
      3159 8806 3160 8808 3191 8811 3192 8806
      3193 8805 3194 8807 3193 8809 3196 8811
      3195 8808 3196 8807 3199 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 190DEG 27KT 3158 8797 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington28 hr
Jun 6, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw51 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox4 hr
Jun 6, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 6, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile64 min
Jun 6, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Jun 6, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne51 min
Jun 6, 10:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne53 min
Jun 6, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry36 min
Jun 6, 2:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBPerry3 hr
Jun 6, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne43 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBStone4 hr
Jun 6, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone5 hr
Jun 6, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge51 min
Jun 6, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne4 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.