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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 2, 2021Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:23 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 2, 2021, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

County Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WWUS84 KMOB 021923
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
223 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
ALZ056-022000-
Conecuh AL-
223 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
CONECUH COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

At 223 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Peterman, or 11 miles northwest of Evergreen, moving east at 15 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Conecuh
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3145 8682 3143 8717 3149 8719 3152 8717
      3153 8717 3156 8716 3161 8714 3163 8714
      3172 8690 3163 8691 3159 8689 3158 8687
      3155 8687 3154 8685
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 256DEG 15KT 3154 8712 

$$

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 1, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	65 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

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.