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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 15, 2021Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 15, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 977 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15The 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
977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

162 
WWUS84 KMOB 152133
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
433 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021
 
ALZ060-FLZ205-152215-
Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-
433 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL OKALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM CDT...

At 432 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of 
Laurel Hill, or 15 miles west of Florala. This storm was 
moving northeast at around 10 mph. 

Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Laurel Hill.

LAT...LON 3104 8634 3091 8655 3098 8672 3100 8670
      3100 8669 3101 8670 3120 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 232DEG 3KT 3099 8659 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington50 min
Jul 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia42 min
Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington49 min
Jul 15, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw94 min
Jul 15, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Conecuh, Monroe93 min
Jul 15, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa41 min
Jul 15, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa41 min
Jul 15, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa41 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.