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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 10:44 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 21, 2021, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358
WWUS84 KMOB 211544
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1044 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021
ALZ261>264-211630-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-
Mobile Inland AL-
1044 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
At 1044 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located near Tanner
Williams, or 11 miles west of Midtown Mobile, moving northeast at 30
mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Prichard, Saraland, Chickasaw, Satsuma, Creola, Axis, Semmes, Tanner
Williams, I65 And I165, I65 And AL 158 and Mobile Regional Airport.
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 3056 8837 3074 8841 3099 8793 3075 8779
3075 8795 3074 8794 3070 8794 3072 8797
3068 8800 3072 8799 3070 8801 3074 8802
3067 8803 3073 8804 3075 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 244DEG 26KT 3069 8831
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Jun 21, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jun 21, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 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.