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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 29, 2021Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2021, 7:47 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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 29, 2021, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1533 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
1533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

703 
WWUS84 KMOB 300047
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
747 PM CDT Thu Jul 29 2021
 
ALZ264-FLZ201-300130-
Baldwin Central AL-Escambia Inland FL-
747 PM CDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EAST
CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...

At 747 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest
of Molino, or 8 miles northwest of Gonzalez, moving west at 15 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Molino.

LAT...LON 3067 8754 3079 8753 3077 8731 3074 8731
      3072 8730 3072 8728 3071 8727 3069 8727
      3064 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 081DEG 13KT 3068 8738 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin46 min
Jul 29, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
Jul 30, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jul 30, 4:39 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington38 hr
Jul 30, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jul 30, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 29, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia40 min
Jul 30, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia38 min
Jul 29, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry41 min
Jul 30, 4:39 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMOBWayne29 hr

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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.