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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. 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 22, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
400
WWUS84 KMOB 230136
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
836 PM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021
ALZ054-055-057-230215-
Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Butler AL-
836 PM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
At 835 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
of Pine Apple, or 14 miles southeast of Camden, moving east at 20
mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pine Apple.
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 3200 8689 3182 8679 3175 8687 3183 8714
3187 8719 3193 8717 3205 8716 3205 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 289DEG 16KT 3191 8707
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 80 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 40 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.