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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 23, 2021Baldwin County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox39 min
Jul 22, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler40 min
Jul 23, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Monroe46 min
Jul 23, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Jul 23, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington30 min
Jul 23, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin49 min
Jul 23, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Jul 23, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin51 min
Jul 23, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB80 min
Jul 23, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin32 min
Jul 23, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne48 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry40 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.