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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 2, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 2:12 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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: Aug 2, 2022, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 1669 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 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 Aug 2, 6:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
940 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     RIP CURRENTS     WEST END DAUPHIN ISLAND 30.25N 88.19W
07/31/2022                   MOBILE             AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            A MAN IN HIS 30S DROWNED DUE TO A RIP
            CURRENT.

&&

JFB

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
212 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022

ALZ051-052-MSZ067-022000-
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Wayne MS-
212 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Choctaw, northwestern Washington and eastern Wayne Counties through
300 PM CDT...

At 211 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Waynesboro, moving northeast at 15 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...
Waynesboro, Clara, Buckatunna and Silas.

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.

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LAT...LON 3174 8826 3143 8864 3166 8874 3186 8861
      3189 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 218DEG 11KT 3167 8861

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
Aug 2, 9:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Aug 2, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Aug 2, 12:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Aug 2, 1:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Aug 2, 2:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Aug 2, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Aug 2, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 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.