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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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 28, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1957 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
419
WWUS84 KMOB 282004
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
304 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021
ALZ263-282045-
Mobile Central AL-
304 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
At 303 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Downtown
Mobile, moving west at 10 mph.
Wind gusts of up to 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Semmes, I65 And I165 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 3064 8831 3080 8825 3080 8814 3073 8804
3070 8804 3071 8802 3069 8803 3070 8801
3069 8802 3069 8801 3068 8802 3066 8803
3066 8806 3063 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 112DEG 8KT 3069 8806
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 44 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.