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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. 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 24, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
991
WWUS84 KMOB 242221
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
521 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
MSZ078-242300-
Stone MS-
521 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WESTERN
STONE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
At 521 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Perkinston, or 7 miles southwest of Wiggins, moving south at 10 mph.
Wind gusts in excess of 35 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Wiggins, Perkinston and McHenry.
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 3091 8934 3091 8914 3068 8912 3068 8924
3065 8924 3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 001DEG 10KT 3079 8924
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 16 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.