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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 10, 2021Escambia County, Alabama; Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama; Santa Rosa County, Florida. 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
Jul 10, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Escambia County, AL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2543 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 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

382 
WWUS84 KMOB 101721
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1221 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021
 
ALZ059-FLZ201-203-204-101800-
Escambia AL-Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Coastal FL-
Santa Rosa Inland FL-
1221 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTH 
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA 
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

At 1221 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located 6 miles 
northwest of Point Baker, or 8 miles north of Pace, moving east at 
15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pace, Milton, Century, Flomaton, Bagdad, Jay, Pollard, Pea Ridge,
Bratt, Roeville, Floridatown and Point Baker.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3098 8753 3114 8716 3060 8680 3058 8694
      3058 8699 3060 8702 3059 8703 3058 8701
      3056 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 261DEG 12KT 3073 8715 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB23 min
Jul 10, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin47 min
Jul 10, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke45 min
Jul 10, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry49 min
Jul 10, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone48 min
Jul 10, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge, Greene43 min
Jul 10, 12:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBStone82 min
Jul 10, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone34 min
Jul 10, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge46 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.