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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2021Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:12 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

322 
WWUS84 KMOB 020112
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
812 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
ALZ055>057-020215-
Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
812 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SOUTHERN BUTLER...NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND CENTRAL CONECUH
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

At 812 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles south of Pine Apple to 6 miles southeast of
Beatrice, and moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Evergreen, Georgiana, McKenzie, Beatrice and I65 And US 84. 

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 3152 8668 3152 8670 3150 8670 3128 8690
      3172 8724 3183 8711 3183 8695 3170 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 312DEG 20KT 3180 8699 3166 8713 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw42 min
Aug 1, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw43 min
Aug 1, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw51 min
Aug 1, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox55 min
Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw43 min
Aug 1, 9:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw3 hr
Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh57 min
Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw6 hr
Aug 1, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox31 min
Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox54 min
Aug 1, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe51 min
Aug 1, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh65 min
Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh37 min
Aug 2, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
Aug 2, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia26 min
Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile2 hr
Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw31 min
Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Aug 2, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile48 min
Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw43 min
Aug 2, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington118 min
Aug 2, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Aug 2, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa29 min
Aug 2, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa26 min
Aug 2, 2:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa2 hr

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.