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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

March 31, 2022Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2022, 4:08 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 31, 2022, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2022, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 30, 10:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1032 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ONGOING TONIGHT...

.NEAR TERM /Now Through Friday/...A severe weather outbreak
will continue across the central Gulf coast through tonight as a
line of severe storms with embedded tornadoes continues to move
eastward. Conditions remain favorable for strong tornadoes along
with wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph along and ahead of the line. The
severe threat ends once the line passes and the winds turn
northwest as the cold front passes. In addition to the severe
threat, non-convective strong wind gusts will continue. At the
coast, a High Surf Advisory will continue through Thursday
evening. A High Risk of Rip Currents continues through Friday
night. A Coastal Flood Warning remains in effect for the area
around Mobile Bay for moderate coastal flooding to 2 to 3.5 feet
above normally dry ground and a Coastal Flood Advisory for the
remainder of the coast through 6 AM Thursday.

The line of storms exits east of the area by around 5 AM with a
few lingering showers possible southeast of I-65 during the early
mid-morning hours. Skies will clear rapidly from west to east
during the afternoon hours on Thursday. Dry conditions with
building high pressure continue through Friday.

Highs on Thursday will be in the low to mid 70s in most areas with
upper 70s possible in far eastern areas. Lows Thursday night
range from the low to mid 40s northwest of I-65 to upper 40s and
low 50s southeast of I-65. Highs on Friday will be in the low to
mid 70s./13

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...Wind Advisory until midnight CDT tonight for ALZ053>060.

     Coastal Flood Warning until 6 AM CDT Thursday for ALZ263>265.

     High Wind Warning until midnight CDT tonight for ALZ051-052-
     261>266.

     High Rip Current Risk through late Friday night for ALZ265-266.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 6 AM CDT Thursday for ALZ266.

     High Surf Warning until 6 PM CDT Thursday for ALZ265-266.

FL...Wind Advisory until midnight CDT tonight for FLZ203>206.

     High Wind Warning until midnight CDT tonight for FLZ201-202.

     High Rip Current Risk through late Friday night for FLZ202-204-
     206.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 6 AM CDT Thursday for FLZ202-204-
     206.

     High Surf Warning until 6 PM CDT Thursday for FLZ202-204-206.

MS...Wind Advisory until midnight CDT tonight for MSZ067-075-076-078-
     079.

GM...Small Craft Advisory from 7 AM to 1 PM CDT Thursday for GMZ650-
     655-670-675.

     Gale Warning until 7 AM CDT Thursday for GMZ630>636-650-655-670-
     675.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:08 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	53 min
Mar 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	26 min
Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Mobile, Washington	51 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	63 min
Mar 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	42 min
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	31 min
Mar 30, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	65 min
Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	22 min
Mar 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	38 min
Mar 30, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Mar 30, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	57 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington	52 min
Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	15 min
Mar 30, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Wilcox	43 min
Mar 30, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	51 min
Mar 30, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Mobile	23 min
Mar 30, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington and 1 more	54 min
Mar 30, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	50 min
Mar 30, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	44 min
Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	56 min
Mar 30, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	20 min
Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	48 min
Mar 30, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	28 min
Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	67 min
Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more	64 min
Mar 30, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		118 min
Mar 30, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia	44 min
Mar 30, 11:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	37 min
Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	59 min
Mar 31, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	67 min
Mar 31, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		38 min
Mar 31, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Mar 31, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	61 min
Mar 31, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	Covington	47 min
Mar 31, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 min
Mar 31, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		40 min
Mar 31, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Mar 31, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	51 min
Mar 31, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	49 min
Mar 31, 1:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	41 min
Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	60 min
Mar 31, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	47 min
Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa	3 hr
Mar 30, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	55 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	47 min
Mar 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	30 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.