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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 14, 2021Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 4:49 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 56 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, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

829 
WWUS84 KMOB 142149
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
449 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
 
FLZ202>204-142245-
Santa Rosa Coastal FL-Escambia Coastal FL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
449 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Santa
Rosa and south central Escambia Counties through 545 PM CDT...

At 448 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Point Baker, or near Milton, moving south at 15 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...
Pensacola, Ferry Pass, Brent, West Pensacola, Ensley, Warrington,
Pace, Milton, Gulf Breeze, Goulding, Bagdad, Oriole Beach, Pea Ridge
and Floridatown.

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 3032 8732 3059 8728 3063 8725 3068 8726
      3064 8692 3046 8694 3058 8698 3060 8702
      3056 8701 3044 8709 3040 8709 3040 8701
      3045 8694 3040 8693 3035 8719 3040 8721
      3040 8724 3037 8729 3035 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 003DEG 11KT 3068 8707 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 1:02 PM CDTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 days
Aug 14, 1:02 PM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile57 hr
Aug 14, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin44 min
Aug 14, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile46 min
Aug 14, 4:13 PM CDTTropical Storm WatchMOBCovington, Escambia30 hr
Aug 14, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Aug 14, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Aug 14, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler47 min
Aug 14, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa59 min
Aug 14, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia57 min
Aug 14, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa42 min
Aug 14, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa66 min
Aug 14, 5:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBSanta Rosa3 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.