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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
363
WWUS84 KMOB 101630
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1130 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
ALZ265-101715-
Mobile Coastal AL-
1130 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Mobile
County through 1215 PM CDT...
At 1130 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Coden, or near Bayou La Batre. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Bayou La Batre and Coden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3034 8815 3032 8819 3036 8819 3036 8821
3037 8822 3036 8825 3032 8826 3037 8826
3037 8824 3039 8830 3050 8827 3052 8820
3053 8818 3050 8810 3038 8811 3034 8813
3035 8814 3031 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 193DEG 4KT 3038 8819
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 46 min |
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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.