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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 35 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.