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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 20, 2022Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2022, 3:47 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: Jun 20, 2022, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 20, 2:51 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:51 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
120 PM CDT Mon Jun 20 2022

MSZ075-076-078-079-201915-
Stone MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-George MS-
120 PM CDT Mon Jun 20 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of George, southeastern
Perry, southwestern Greene and northeastern Stone Counties through
215 PM CDT...

At 119 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Lucedale, moving northwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds of 30 to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lucedale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3127 8873 3099 8843 3073 8856 3073 8889
      3074 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 120DEG 14KT 3093 8861

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
217 PM CDT Mon Jun 20 2022

MSZ078-202000-
Stone MS-
217 PM CDT Mon Jun 20 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Stone
County through 300 PM CDT...

At 216 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Saucier, or 16 miles southwest of
Wiggins, moving west at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds of 30 to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Perkinston and McHenry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3079 8934 3080 8908 3068 8907 3068 8924
      3065 8924 3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 083DEG 25KT 3066 8929

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:47 PM 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
Jun 20, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		40 min
Jun 20, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	40 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	42 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	40 min
Jun 20, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	55 min
Jun 20, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	43 min
Jun 20, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Stone	26 min

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Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2022 Every special weather statement in 2022

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.