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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 10, 2021Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 8:09 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 3140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

583 
WWUS84 KMOB 110109 CCA
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Mobile AL
809 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
ALZ056>060-110200-
Conecuh AL-Butler AL-Covington AL-Escambia AL-Crenshaw AL-
809 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Butler,
southwestern Crenshaw, north central Escambia, southeastern Conecuh
and northwestern Covington Counties through 900 PM CDT...

At 807 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles east of I65 And AL 113, or 11 miles northwest of Brewton. This
storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Evergreen, McKenzie, Castleberry, Red Level, Dozier and I65 And US
84.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3108 8705 3111 8738 3132 8736 3135 8734
      3134 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 182DEG 3KT 3123 8722 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	30 min
Aug 10, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	53 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	47 min
Aug 10, 8:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Aug 10, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Aug 11, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	26 min
Aug 11, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Aug 11, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Aug 11, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	40 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	40 min
Aug 11, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	35 min
Aug 11, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	45 min
Aug 11, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	49 min
Aug 11, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	48 min
Aug 11, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	46 min
Aug 11, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	47 min
Aug 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	44 min
Aug 11, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	45 min
Aug 11, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	47 min
Aug 11, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	44 min
Aug 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	23 min
Aug 11, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	22 min
Aug 11, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	42 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	41 min
Aug 11, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	32 min

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.