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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2021, 9:05 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Butler County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
269
WWUS84 KMOB 230205
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
905 PM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021
ALZ057-230245-
Butler AL-
905 PM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WESTERN
BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
At 904 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
of Pine Apple, or 14 miles west of Greenville, moving southeast at 20
mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Locations near and west of Greenville.
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 3161 8670 3178 8691 3190 8691 3194 8688
3185 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 300DEG 17KT 3183 8686
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 39 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 |
Nearby
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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.