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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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 26, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
293
WWUS84 KMOB 261949
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
249 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
MSZ078-262015-
Stone MS-
249 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Stone
County through 315 PM CDT...
At 249 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northwest of Perkinston, or 6 miles west of Wiggins, moving
west at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wiggins.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8918 3088 8911 3071 8918
3074 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 109DEG 11KT 3083 8923
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 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 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Aug 26, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
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.