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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:50 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
968
WWUS84 KMOB 020150
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
850 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
ALZ054-020245-
Wilcox AL-
850 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...
At 849 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southwest of Orrville to 5 miles east of
Lisman, and moving southeast at 15 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Camden.
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 3225 8742 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
3214 8728 3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719
3205 8718 3205 8687 3196 8686 3199 8767
3200 8767 3201 8762 3213 8762 3213 8752
3226 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 320DEG 13KT 3228 8732 3219 8819
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 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.