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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 3:47 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
County Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
805
WWUS84 KMOB 022047
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
347 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
ALZ058-060-022130-
Covington AL-Crenshaw AL-
347 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SOUTHERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
At 347 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
Gantt, or 11 miles north of Andalusia, moving east at 15 mph.
Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Brantley, Dozier and Gantt.
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 3138 8620 3137 8658 3152 8661 3152 8650
3157 8650 3162 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 259DEG 14KT 3148 8651
$$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, 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, 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.