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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2022, 3:21 AM CDT for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Oct 13, 2022, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2022, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
187
WWUS84 KMOB 130821
SPSMOB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
ALZ053>057-130915-
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-Butler AL-
321 AM CDT Thu Oct 13 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Butler,
Monroe, northeastern Clarke, Wilcox and north central Conecuh
Counties through 415 AM CDT...
At 320 AM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles northeast of
Camden to 9 miles east of Whatley. Movement was east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea 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...
Monroeville, Camden, Peterman, Pine Hill, Beatrice, Vredenburgh,
Yellow Bluff and Pine Apple.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686 3196 8686
3196 8672 3142 8703 3154 8766 3210 8762
3210 8723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 268DEG 20KT 3204 8724 3161 8755
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 67 min |
| Oct 13, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 12:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
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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.