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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 2:13 PM CST for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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
- Dec 6, 2021, 2:13 PM CST (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2021, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 720 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
696
WWUS84 KMOB 062013
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
213 PM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
ALZ053-055>057-059-261-262-FLZ201-062115-
Clarke AL-Baldwin Inland AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
Escambia AL-Mobile Inland AL-Escambia Inland FL-
213 PM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Butler,
Monroe, northern Mobile, northwestern Baldwin, southeastern Clarke,
western Escambia, Conecuh and northwestern Escambia Counties through
315 PM CST...
At 212 PM CST, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles southwest of
Vredenburgh to 6 miles northwest of Monroeville to 3 miles southeast
of Movico to 7 miles north of Wilmer. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Saraland, Bay Minette, Atmore, Monroeville, Satsuma, Evergreen,
Creola, Frisco City, Chunchula, Stockton, McCullough, Peterman,
Gulfcrest, Axis, Uriah, Mount Vernon, Castleberry, Excel, Beatrice
and Vredenburgh.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 8675 3153 8675 3079 8756 3079 8784
3090 8790 3079 8792 3080 8841 3095 8842
3106 8807 3156 8750 3183 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 271DEG 33KT 3180 8739 3157 8742 3104 8797 3093
8837
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 12:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Dec 6, 12:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 61 min |
| Dec 6, 1:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Dec 6, 3:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia | 66 min |
| Dec 6, 4:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Dec 6, 4:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 67 min |
| Dec 6, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 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.