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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:59 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
449
WWUS84 KMOB 021959
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
259 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
ALZ261-263-022045-
Mobile Central AL-Mobile Inland AL-
259 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WEST
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
At 259 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Tanner Williams, or 10 miles northwest of Tillmans Corner, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, Semmes, Tanner
Williams, I65 And I165, I65 And AL 158 and Mobile Regional Airport.
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 3059 8836 3069 8841 3071 8841 3090 8818
3074 8804 3073 8804 3071 8802 3070 8802
3069 8803 3069 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 232DEG 16KT 3067 8832
$$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, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 37 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.