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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

July 15, 2022Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2022, 1:17 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 15, 2022, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 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 Jul 15, 12:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 12:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 1:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
117 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2022

ALZ263-265-151845-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
117 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Mobile
County through 145 PM CDT...

At 117 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 4 miles north of Grand Bay. This storm was nearly
stationary.

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...
Grand Bay, Bayou La Batre and Coden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3037 8824 3039 8829 3038 8831 3039 8831
      3040 8834 3039 8835 3040 8836 3039 8837
      3040 8837 3039 8838 3038 8838 3040 8839
      3063 8841 3061 8822 3037 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 005DEG 4KT 3054 8834

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Jul 15, 3:13 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Jul 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Jul 15, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	54 min
Jul 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	67 min
Jul 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	61 min
Jul 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	45 min
Jul 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	51 min
Jul 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	48 min
Jul 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	64 min
Jul 15, 6:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Escambia	3 hr
Jul 14, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	42 min
Jul 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	38 min
Jul 15, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	37 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.