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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 24, 2021Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. 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 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 54 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2328 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
2328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

969 
WWUS84 KMOB 242221
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
521 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
 
ALZ052-261-MSZ076-242300-
Washington AL-Mobile Inland AL-Greene MS-
521 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL GREENE
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 520 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located near Gulfcrest, or
5 miles southwest of Citronelle, moving northwest at 15 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Citronelle, Leakesville, Gulfcrest and Deer Park. 

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 3137 8829 3100 8811 3088 8830 3117 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 145DEG 15KT 3103 8828 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh38 min
Jun 23, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia40 min
Jun 23, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw30 min
Jun 24, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
Jun 24, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jun 24, 2:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Jun 24, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jun 24, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jun 24, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin40 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB44 min
Jun 24, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin46 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Jun 24, 4:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Jun 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile13 min
Jun 24, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile44 min
Jun 24, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh53 min
Jun 24, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe43 min
Jun 24, 5:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile, Washington3 hr
Jun 24, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia62 min
Jun 24, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe60 min
Jun 24, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa24 min
Jun 24, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa40 min
Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa52 min
Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia52 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jun 24, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia44 min
Jun 24, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia52 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, 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.