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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2021, 12:42 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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 20, 2021, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
303
WWUS84 KMOB 201742
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1242 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
ALZ262-264-FLZ201-201830-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Escambia Inland FL-
1242 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Baldwin
and northwestern Escambia Counties through 130 PM CDT...
At 1242 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles east of Stapleton, or 13 miles southeast of Bay Minette, moving
east at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Molino.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3072 8775 3089 8772 3088 8730 3087 8730
3085 8731 3084 8730 3080 8731 3078 8731
3060 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 280DEG 5KT 3078 8758
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Aug 20, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 20, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 112 min |
| Aug 20, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 114 min |
| Aug 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 4:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 20, 6:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 21 min |
| Aug 20, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 39 min |
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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.