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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 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 28, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
- Spout
- Possible
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WWUS84 KMOB 281721
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1221 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
ALZ266-281830-
Baldwin Coastal AL-
1221 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact coastal portions of south
central Baldwin County through 130 PM CDT...
At 1219 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a waterspout 6 miles south of Orange Beach,
moving west-northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Waterspouts and winds in excess of 40 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...
Gulf Shores and the Fort Morgan peninsula.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 8795 3026 8794 3024 8790 3024 8785
3026 8777 3029 8774 3026 8774 3028 8772
3025 8764 3024 8773 3026 8769 3026 8771
3024 8775 3024 8776 3023 8780 3022 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 107DEG 14KT 3018 8760
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
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 27, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 28, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 3 days |
| Aug 28, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 28, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 28, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 28, 7:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Aug 28, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 28, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Aug 28, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Aug 28, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 28, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Storm Surge Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 46 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.