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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 22, 2021Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 22, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2021-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

155 
WWUS84 KMOB 222221
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
521 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021
 
ALZ264-266-222300-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-
521 PM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 519 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Point Clear, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fairhope, Point Clear, Magnolia Springs and Summerdale. 

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 3026 8794 3026 8791 3033 8781 3036 8784
      3039 8783 3039 8781 3041 8782 3042 8783
      3039 8785 3038 8784 3041 8791 3047 8792
      3048 8794 3055 8790 3060 8791 3047 8766
      3033 8780 3024 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 306DEG 18KT 3052 8802 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile104 min
Jun 21, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBBaldwin, Mobile17 hr
Jun 21, 10:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile5 hr
Jun 21, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jun 22, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Jun 22, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jun 22, 7:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Jun 22, 8:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jun 22, 9:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin25 hr
Jun 22, 9:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin49 hr
Jun 22, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Jun 22, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB29 min
Jun 22, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB18 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin27 min
Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile30 min
Jun 22, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB28 min
Jun 22, 4:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Jun 22, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB52 min
Jun 22, 5:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile3 hr
Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa49 min
Jun 21, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa5 hr
Jun 21, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa63 min
Jun 21, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa4 hr
Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa5 hr
Jun 22, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa12 hr
Jun 22, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia45 min
Jun 22, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia41 min
Jun 22, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr

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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.