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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 10, 2021Crenshaw County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 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 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler40 min
Jun 10, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke39 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.