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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2021, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
484
WWUS84 KMOB 152250
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
550 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
ALZ052-053-055-262-152330-
Clarke AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Monroe AL-Washington AL-
550 PM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...A cluster of strong thunderstorm will impact portions of
southwestern Monroe, north central Baldwin, east central Washington
and central Clarke Counties through 630 PM CDT...
At 550 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Jackson, moving north at 20 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...
Jackson, Leroy and Whatley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 8750 3124 8761 3124 8767 3121 8793
3165 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 186DEG 17KT 3142 8777
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Aug 14, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 36 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:18 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 41 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:17 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:48 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 35 hr | |
| Aug 15, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Aug 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:18 AM CDT | High Surf Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 35 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry, Stone | 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.