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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 2, 2021Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

582 
WWUS84 KMOB 022004
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
304 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
 
ALZ059-FLZ201-203-022030-
Escambia AL-Escambia Inland FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
304 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...SOUTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND NORTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

At 304 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over Century,
moving northeast at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Century, Flomaton, Jay and Pollard. 

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 3091 8728 3097 8733 3116 8717 3099 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 236DEG 11KT 3098 8724 

$$

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, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox54 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, 3:10 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.