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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 17, 2022Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2022, 3:05 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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 17, 2022, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 2534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -27 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 17, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
235 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

ALZ261-263-MSZ079-172015-
Mobile Inland AL-Mobile Central AL-George MS-
235 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Mobile
and southeastern George Counties through 315 PM CDT...

At 234 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Wilmer, or 10 miles southeast of
Lucedale, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Semmes, Tanner Williams and Wilmer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3064 8841 3074 8841 3074 8851 3079 8857
      3086 8852 3080 8819 3060 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 307DEG 7KT 3080 8849

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
238 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

ALZ265-172045-
Mobile Coastal AL-
238 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Mobile
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 238 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 6 miles southwest of Grand Bay, moving east at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size 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...
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 3033 8816 3033 8819 3036 8819 3037 8824
      3033 8826 3038 8824 3039 8829 3037 8831
      3039 8831 3040 8834 3040 8836 3039 8839
      3047 8840 3046 8810 3038 8811 3033 8814
      3029 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 279DEG 12KT 3040 8841

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:58 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
258 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

ALZ264-266-172045-
Baldwin Coastal AL-Baldwin Central AL-
258 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Baldwin
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 258 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Robertsdale, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size 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...
Robertsdale, Summerdale and Silverhill.

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 3051 8779 3061 8776 3063 8742 3036 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 279DEG 11KT 3053 8772

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
305 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

ALZ263-265-172100-
Mobile Coastal AL-Mobile Central AL-
305 PM CDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Mobile
County through 400 PM CDT...

At 305 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Semmes to 5
miles south of Tanner Williams to near Big Point. Movement was
southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Tillmans Corner, Theodore,
Chickasaw, Grand Bay, Semmes, Tanner Williams, I65 And I165, I10 And
I65 and Mobile Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3042 8840 3080 8841 3079 8801 3078 8802
      3079 8799 3076 8802 3071 8801 3072 8802
      3074 8803 3068 8803 3075 8804 3074 8805
      3065 8803 3066 8804 3059 8806 3057 8809
      3041 8811 3040 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 312DEG 13KT 3079 8830 3065 8835 3061 8850

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 2:05 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	16 hr
Aug 17, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Aug 17, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	67 min
Aug 17, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Aug 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	47 min
Aug 17, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Aug 17, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	40 min
Aug 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	63 min
Aug 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	3 hr
Aug 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	60 min
Aug 17, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	59 min
Aug 17, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Aug 17, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	59 min
Aug 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	50 min
Aug 17, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	65 min
Aug 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	53 min
Aug 17, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	23 min
Aug 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	65 min
Aug 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	63 min
Aug 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	59 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.