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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 9, 2021Choctaw County, Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2021, 12:49 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2021, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Choctaw County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2281 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

490 
WWUS84 KMOB 091749
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1249 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
 
ALZ051-052-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091830-
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Stone MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-Wayne MS-
George MS-
1249 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... 
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN GEORGE... 
PERRY...WAYNE...GREENE AND STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

At 1247 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were noted over parts of 
interior southeast Missisippi, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Winds of 30 to 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Waynesboro, Wiggins, Richton, Leakesville, Clara, Perkinston,
McHenry, Beaumont, New Augusta, McLain, State Line, Buckatunna,
Silas, Gilbertown and Toxey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3085 8934 3091 8931 3091 8914 3126 8915
      3143 8906 3143 8894 3167 8894 3183 8887
      3189 8848 3203 8846 3201 8816 3073 8869
      3074 8888 3068 8889 3068 8924 3065 8925
      3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 212DEG 14KT 3137 8885 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
Jun 9, 10:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington19 days
Jun 9, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington51 min
Jun 9, 11:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington51 min
Jun 9, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke45 min
Jun 9, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene40 min
Jun 9, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry41 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne41 min

Nearby

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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.