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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 10:40 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Conecuh County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
878
WWUS84 KMOB 020340
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1040 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
ALZ056-059-060-020445-
Conecuh AL-Covington AL-Escambia AL-
1040 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...EASTERN
ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH AND WEST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
At 1040 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles east of
Castleberry, or 9 miles south of Evergreen, moving southeast at 20
mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Evergreen, Castleberry and I65 And US 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8691 3146 8721 3148 8720 3150 8718
3150 8671 3116 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 326DEG 19KT 3130 8694
$$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, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 55 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 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.