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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 15, 2021Clarke County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Aug 14, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler44 min
Aug 15, 2:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBCovington, Crenshaw36 hr
Aug 15, 5:18 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile41 hr
Aug 15, 10:17 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningMOBCovington36 hr
Aug 15, 10:48 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB35 hr
Aug 15, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Aug 15, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke50 min
Aug 15, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Aug 15, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile52 min
Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Wilcox49 min
Aug 15, 6:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBClarke, Monroe3 hr
Aug 15, 5:18 AM CDTHigh Surf WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa35 hr
Aug 15, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa38 min
Aug 15, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa49 min
Aug 15, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry45 min
Aug 15, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone44 min
Aug 15, 3:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBPerry, Stone3 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.