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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 5, 2023Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2023, 1:15 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 5, 2023, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 142 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: 557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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 Jun 5, 6:39 AM CDT, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 6:39 AM CDT, 6 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:51 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1251 PM CDT Mon Jun 5 2023

ALZ263-264-051830-
Baldwin Central AL-Mobile Central AL-
1251 PM CDT Mon Jun 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Mobile and
west central Baldwin Counties through 130 PM CDT...

At 1251 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm 4 miles northeast of Downtown Mobile, moving
south at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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...
Downtown Mobile.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3072 8797 3068 8800 3071 8798 3072 8798
      3071 8799 3074 8802 3067 8802 3067 8803
      3077 8803 3068 8804 3070 8809 3080 8804
      3077 8791 3068 8792 3075 8793 3075 8795
      3065 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 013DEG 5KT 3074 8800

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
115 PM CDT Mon Jun 5 2023

ALZ263-051900-
Mobile Central AL-
115 PM CDT Mon Jun 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Mobile
County through 200 PM CDT...

At 115 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Mobile Regional Airport, or 6 miles west of
Midtown Mobile, moving west at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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...
Semmes, Tanner Williams and Mobile Regional Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3068 8841 3076 8841 3080 8821 3079 8819
      3064 8812 3051 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 070DEG 16KT 3070 8824

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	47 min
Jun 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Jun 5, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	42 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	52 min
Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	47 min
Jun 5, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	47 min
Jun 5, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	42 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	47 min
Jun 5, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	44 min
Jun 5, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	24 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.