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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 25, 2021Mobile County, Alabama

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Aug 25, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin40 min
Aug 25, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Aug 25, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile47 min
Aug 25, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin46 min
Aug 25, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Aug 25, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke44 min
Aug 25, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa38 min
Aug 25, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia38 min
Aug 25, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 hr
Aug 25, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne51 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.