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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT for Baldwin 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 23, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
587
WWUS84 KMOB 232033
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
333 PM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021
ALZ261-262-232115-
Baldwin Inland AL-Mobile Inland AL-
333 PM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHEASTERN MOBILE AND NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM
CDT...
At 333 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Stockton, or
11 miles northwest of Bay Minette, moving south at 15 mph.
Dime size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Bay Minette, Stockton and I65 And AL 225.
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 3090 8796 3091 8796 3108 8802 3114 8781
3090 8769 3083 8791 3088 8789 3090 8789
3092 8791 3090 8790 3086 8790 3085 8791
3083 8792 3082 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 340DEG 13KT 3102 8789
$$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 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, 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.