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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 3:14 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2021, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
533
WWUS84 KMOB 142014
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
314 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
ALZ263-265-142100-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
314 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Mobile
County through 400 PM CDT...
At 314 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles northwest of Tillmans Corner to Bayou
La Batre. Movement was northwest at 10 mph.
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...
Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre, Coden and
Mobile Regional Airport.
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 3039 8829 3038 8831 3039 8831 3040 8834
3040 8836 3039 8837 3040 8837 3079 8836
3071 8815 3036 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 137DEG 9KT 3062 8821 3040 8823
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:02 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 1:02 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 57 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Aug 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
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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.