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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2021Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:17 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. 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
Aug 1, 2021, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

090 
WWUS84 KMOB 020117
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
817 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
ALZ051-053-020200-
Clarke AL-Choctaw AL-
817 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM 
CDT...

At 815 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Butler, moving 
southeast at 10 mph. Other strong storms will also be moving 
southeast across other portions of Choctaw county and into northern 
Clarke county through 9 PM. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman, Pennington and Toxey. 

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 3231 8799 3230 8799 3228 8802 3226 8801
      3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3209 8804
      3206 8807 3207 8810 3206 8812 3201 8812
      3200 8809 3201 8809 3199 8807 3199 8781
      3176 8822 3206 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 313DEG 7KT 3207 8825 

$$

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, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh63 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

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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.