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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 11, 2021Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 9:40 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2021, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2500 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 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

390 
WWUS84 KMOB 111440
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
940 AM CDT Sun Jul 11 2021
 
ALZ261-263-MSZ079-111530-
Mobile Central AL-Mobile Inland AL-George MS-
940 AM CDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN MOBILE AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...

At 940 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Wilmer, or 12 miles southeast of Lucedale, moving northeast at 30
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Citronelle, Chunchula, Gulfcrest, Axis, Tanner Williams, Semmes and
Wilmer.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3074 8858 3080 8864 3115 8822
      3114 8818 3093 8797 3070 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 232DEG 25KT 3079 8845 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Escambia50 min
Jul 11, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile29 min
Jul 11, 12:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Monroe40 min
Jul 11, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington41 min
Jul 11, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile25 min
Jul 11, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile46 min
Jul 11, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Washington3 hr
Jul 11, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh52 min
Jul 11, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe3 hr
Jul 11, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jul 11, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa41 min
Jul 11, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa36 min
Jul 11, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa49 min
Jul 11, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 min
Jul 11, 5:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa3 hr
Jul 11, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa44 min
Jul 11, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge41 min
Jul 11, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Jul 11, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry38 min
Jul 11, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Jul 11, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone49 min
Jul 11, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge, Stone45 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.