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Excessive Heat Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

August 12, 202312 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 12, 2023, 2:26 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Aug 13, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2023, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2023, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2023-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -97 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 12, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Aug 11, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw47 min
Aug 11, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington35 min
Aug 11, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler53 min
Aug 12, 3:38 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more11 hr
Aug 12, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington62 min
Aug 12, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Aug 12, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Aug 11, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa97 min
Aug 12, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa43 min
Aug 12, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa48 min
Aug 12, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa51 min
Aug 12, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa47 min
Aug 12, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa33 min
Aug 12, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa39 min
Aug 12, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa39 min

Nearby

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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.