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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 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 31, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
920
WWUS84 KMOB 010024
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
724 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
ALZ056-059-010130-
Conecuh AL-Escambia AL-
724 PM CDT Sat Jul 31 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN CONECUH COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
At 724 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Brewton, moving southeast at 10 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Brewton, East Brewton, Pollard, Riverview and I65 And AL 113.
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 3100 8709 3100 8712 3124 8760 3123 8755
3125 8752 3125 8751 3126 8748 3126 8743
3128 8742 3132 8736 3133 8735 3139 8720
3118 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 307DEG 8KT 3116 8705
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Jul 31, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 31, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Jul 31, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 18 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 57 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.