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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 24, 2021Stone County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2304 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 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington44 min
Jul 24, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile32 min
Jul 24, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin26 min
Jul 24, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia45 min
Jul 24, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene41 min
Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry35 min
Jul 24, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry52 min
Jul 24, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge37 min
Jul 24, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge16 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.