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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 12, 2021Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2021, 7:03 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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 12, 2021, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2603 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
2603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

862 
WWUS84 KMOB 130003
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
703 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
 
ALZ051-053-054-130100-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Choctaw AL-
703 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CHOCTAW...CLARKE AND WESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

At 703 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Panola to 5 miles south of Dug Hill
to near Consul, and moving south at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Thomasville, Butler, Grove Hill, Whatley, Pine Hill, Lisman,
Coffeeville, Pennington, Fulton, Gilbertown and Toxey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential 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 3231 8793 3228 8802 3218 8801 3209 8804
      3205 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
      3200 8763 3213 8762 3213 8752 3226 8752
      3226 8743 3224 8741 3170 8757 3155 8756
      3154 8759 3176 8823 3197 8847 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 016DEG 31KT 3286 8825 3243 8800 3225 8750 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jun 12, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington51 min
Jun 12, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington52 min
Jun 12, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jun 12, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington68 min
Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB116 min
Jun 12, 10:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile55 min
Jun 12, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jun 12, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Jun 13, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jun 13, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile41 min
Jun 13, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Jun 13, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile42 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington44 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington50 min
Jun 13, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington45 min
Jun 13, 6:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile, Washington2 hr
Jun 12, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa42 min
Jun 12, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa52 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne61 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge38 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne44 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone45 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne3 hr
Jun 13, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne64 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone38 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone41 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.