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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2021, 2:44 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
935
WWUS84 KMOB 251944
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
244 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
ALZ262-264-FLZ201-252030-
Baldwin Central AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Escambia Inland FL-
244 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Baldwin and
northwestern Escambia Counties through 330 PM CDT...
At 243 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Atmore to 9 miles
northeast of Robertsdale. Movement was west at 10 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...
Bay Minette, Robertsdale, Loxley, Stapleton and Silverhill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 8789 3111 8778 3106 8762 3100 8762
3100 8745 3056 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 096DEG 8KT 3094 8754 3064 8760
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| 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, 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 |
Nearby
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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.