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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 10, 2021, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
108
WWUS84 KMOB 101833
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
133 PM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021
ALZ058-060-101915-
Covington AL-Crenshaw AL-
133 PM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 215
PM CDT...
At 132 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located near Dozier, or 11
miles northwest of Opp, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Half inch hail and winds of 30 to 40 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Brantley, Dozier and Glenwood.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8620 3140 8620 3134 8635
3151 8646 3174 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
3165 8616 3163 8618 3162 8618 3162 8615
3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 238DEG 19KT 3144 8634
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
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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.