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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 1, 2021Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:21 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

779 
WWUS84 KMOB 020321
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1021 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
ALZ054-020415-
Wilcox AL-
1021 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WILCOX 
COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

At 1019 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast 
of Vineland, or 14 miles northeast of Thomasville, moving east at 10 
mph. Other strong storms were noted further east across Wilcox 
county, also moving east at around 10 mph. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Camden, Pine Hill, Yellow Bluff and Pine Apple. 

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 8690 3183 8691 3183 8762
      3187 8762 3188 8767 3200 8767 3201 8762
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 284DEG 10KT 3207 8758 

$$

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, 8:17 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, 10:39 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.