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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 5:47 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 26, 2021, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
124
WWUS84 KMOB 262247
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
547 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
ALZ263-265-262330-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
547 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Mobile
County through 630 PM CDT...
At 546 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from I10 And I65 to Theodore to 7 miles southeast of
Tillmans Corner. Movement was west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds 30 to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Tillmans Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, I10 And I65 and Mobile Regional
Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3044 8840 3071 8841 3067 8815 3065 8810
3060 8812 3061 8810 3061 8809 3058 8809
3059 8811 3057 8810 3057 8809 3054 8808
3051 8810 3044 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 070DEG 11KT 3065 8814 3055 8817 3049 8811
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 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 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 |
| Aug 26, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 26 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.