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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 11, 2021Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT for Wilcox 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 11, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1557 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 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

480 
WWUS84 KMOB 112215
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
515 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
ALZ054-112300-
Wilcox AL-
515 PM CDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Wilcox 
County through 600 PM CDT...

At 514 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 6 
miles northwest of Camden, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Camden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead 
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 8742 3224 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
      3214 8728 3214 8725 3212 8726 3212 8725
      3210 8723 3208 8719 3207 8719 3205 8717
      3193 8737 3212 8763 3213 8762 3213 8752
      3226 8752 3227 8751 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 149DEG 10KT 3207 8734 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington30 min
Aug 10, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh53 min
Aug 10, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia51 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia47 min
Aug 10, 8:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 10, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Aug 11, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin26 min
Aug 11, 11:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile36 min
Aug 11, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 11, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile40 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw40 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington40 min
Aug 11, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox35 min
Aug 11, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh49 min
Aug 11, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw48 min
Aug 11, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw46 min
Aug 11, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh47 min
Aug 10, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa44 min
Aug 11, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia45 min
Aug 11, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa47 min
Aug 11, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne44 min
Aug 11, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne23 min
Aug 11, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne22 min
Aug 11, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene42 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene41 min
Aug 11, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene32 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.