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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2021Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 4:48 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 1, 2021, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

838 
WWUS84 KMOB 012148
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
448 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
MSZ078-079-012245-
Stone MS-George MS-
448 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE AND STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

At 447 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles west of Perkinston to 11 miles east of
Wiggins, and moving south at 20 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Wiggins, Perkinston and McHenry. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3085 8931 3091 8890 3091 8885 3074 8883
      3073 8889 3068 8889 3068 8924 3065 8924
      3065 8934 3071 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 003DEG 16KT 3081 8924 3086 8894 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Jul 31, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia66 min
Jul 31, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Jul 31, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia65 min
Jul 31, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jul 31, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Aug 1, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile26 min
Jul 31, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa45 min
Jul 31, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa61 min
Jul 31, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia44 min
Jul 31, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa48 min
Jul 31, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa57 min
Jul 31, 9:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa2 hr
Aug 1, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBJackson44 min
Aug 1, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry39 min
Aug 1, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Perry, Stone18 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne51 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.