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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 25, 2021Baldwin County, Alabama

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.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile43 min
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, 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.