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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT for Butler County, Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 12, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
285
WWUS84 KMOB 122015
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
315 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021
ALZ054>060-262-FLZ201-122100-
Wilcox AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
Covington AL-Escambia AL-Crenshaw AL-Escambia Inland FL-
315 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...BUTLER...EASTERN MONROE...CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHWESTERN
CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX...CONECUH...NORTHWESTERN
COVINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
At 315 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles northeast of Pine Apple to 4 miles west of
Bratt, and moving northeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Atmore, Greenville, Brewton, Evergreen, Flomaton, East Brewton,
Georgiana, McKenzie, Castleberry, Red Level, Repton, Pine Apple,
Pollard, Riverview, I65 And US 84, Bratt, I65 And CR 1, Highland
Home, I65 And AL 113 and I65 And AL 21.
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 3114 8679 3082 8775 3196 8694 3199 8686
3196 8686 3196 8641 3203 8641 3204 8640
3205 8640 3205 8630 3197 8630 3196 8623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 244DEG 24KT 3194 8684 3094 8750
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Jul 11, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Jul 12, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 1:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Jul 12, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Jul 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Jul 12, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 72 min | |
| Jul 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 41 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.