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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Butler County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
493
WWUS84 KMOB 142328
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
628 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
ALZ057-150015-
Butler AL-
628 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Butler
County through 715 PM CDT...
At 627 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Greenville, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville.
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 3189 8657 3181 8646 3161 8664 3176 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 047DEG 12KT 3179 8660
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 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, 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.