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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

October 22, 2021Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 22, 2021, 1:13 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 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
Oct 22, 2021, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

666 
WWUS84 KMOB 220613
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
113 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
 
ALZ053>057-220700-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
113 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Butler,
northeastern Monroe, northeastern Clarke, Wilcox and north central
Conecuh Counties through 200 AM CDT...

At 113 AM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles south of
Belknap to near Fulton. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Camden, Peterman, Beatrice, Vredenburgh, Fulton, Yellow Bluff and
Pine Apple.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3208 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686
      3196 8645 3151 8723 3180 8786 3211 8723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 283DEG 31KT 3215 8702 3183 8773 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe57 min
Oct 22, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBConecuh, Escambia62 min
Oct 22, 5:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia58 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.