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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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 25, 2021, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
- Spout
- Observed
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
362
WWUS84 KMOB 251817
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
117 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
ALZ265-251900-
Mobile Coastal AL-
117 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Mobile
County through 200 PM CDT...
At 116 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
producing a waterspout south of Dauphin Island, moving northwest at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
hazardous waters. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs
and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Dauphin Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3026 8815 3033 8819 3036 8819 3037 8822
3036 8825 3033 8826 3036 8826 3042 8811
3033 8814 3033 8813 3029 8812 3032 8816
3031 8816 3025 8808 3025 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 153DEG 17KT 3023 8806
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 32 min | |
| Aug 25, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Aug 25, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Aug 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.