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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2021, 1:11 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2021, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 1:29 AM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 42 | 2 Wsw Gasque, AL | MESONET STATION 407 GASQUE RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 42 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
879
WWUS84 KMOB 230611
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 AM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021
ALZ266-230645-
Baldwin Coastal AL-
111 AM CDT Mon Aug 23 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Baldwin County through 145 AM CDT...
At 109 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Magnolia Springs, or 11 miles south of Point
Clear, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This storm will impact locations along the Fort Morgan peninsula,
including near Gasque and Gulf Highlands.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 8796 3026 8794 3024 8785 3026 8777
3030 8773 3029 8775 3036 8783 3038 8783
3040 8787 3040 8784 3039 8783 3041 8781
3039 8778 3036 8782 3035 8776 3025 8769
3024 8782 3023 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 351DEG 15KT 3031 8787
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
21/CLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:46 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 20 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Aug 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Aug 23, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 98 min | |
| Aug 23, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 23, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Aug 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 23, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Aug 23, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 23, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Aug 23, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Aug 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 77 min | |
| Aug 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Aug 23, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Aug 23, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.