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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2021, 7:25 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 21, 2021, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS84 KMOB 220025
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
725 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
ALZ056-059-FLZ203-220115-
Conecuh AL-Escambia AL-Santa Rosa Inland FL-
725 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Escambia,
south central Conecuh and north central Santa Rosa Counties through
815 PM CDT...
At 725 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Castleberry, or 10 miles north of Brewton, moving
southeast at 25 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...
Brewton, East Brewton, Castleberry, Jay, Pollard and Riverview.
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 3092 8717 3098 8719 3099 8717 3100 8718
3100 8720 3127 8729 3139 8700 3109 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 331DEG 20KT 3125 8711
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:01 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 106 min |
| Aug 22, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 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.