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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS84 KMOB 232230 SPSMOB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 530 PM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021 ALZ052-MSZ067-076-232300- Washington AL-Greene MS-Wayne MS- 530 PM CDT Fri Jul 23 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... At 530 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast of State Line, or 10 miles west of Chatom, moving southeast at 15 mph. Wind gusts in excess of 35 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Chatom, State Line, Buckatunna and Fruitdale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3144 8809 3127 8845 3162 8863 3170 8840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 330DEG 15KT 3149 8843 $$
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, 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, 5:41 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.