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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 4:40 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2021, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KMOB 112140
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
440 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021
ALZ054-112215-
Wilcox AL-
440 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Wilcox
County through 515 PM CDT...
At 439 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southeast of Consul, or 17 miles south of Uniontown, moving
northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Wilcox
County.
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 3224 8741 3224 8739 3222 8739 3222 8737
3220 8736 3220 8733 3218 8732 3205 8751
3213 8760 3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8751
3226 8746 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 145DEG 9KT 3220 8750
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, 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, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 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, 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 |
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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.