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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 30
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
433
WWUS84 KMOB 202221
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
521 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
ALZ261-MSZ079-202300-
Mobile Inland AL-George MS-
521 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Mobile
and southern George Counties through 600 PM CDT...
At 521 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Lucedale, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Mobile
and southern George Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3094 8876 3088 8834 3080 8838 3079 8842
3074 8841 3073 8866 3081 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 289DEG 14KT 3085 8870
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 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, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 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 |
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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.