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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2023Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2023, 7:40 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 65 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 19, 2023, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2023, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4326 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 00:00Z on 2023-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.7
Supercell composite
30.4

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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 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
606 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

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

0136 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     East End of Dauphin     30.25N 88.08W
06/19/2023  E40 MPH          GMZ631             AL   Public

            Fort Gaines recorded gusts of 35 knots for 5
            - 10 minutes.

&&

JEH
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
614 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

MSZ075-078-079-200000-
Stone MS-Perry MS-George MS-
614 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern George,
southwestern Perry and Stone Counties through 700 PM CDT...

At 614 PM CDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm over Wiggins, moving southeast at 35 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...
Wiggins and Perkinston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8923 3091 8914 3098 8914 3100 8911
      3074 8873 3074 8888 3068 8889 3068 8910
      3088 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 313DEG 31KT 3088 8914

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

Black
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
616 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

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

1245 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 WNW Johnsons Beach    30.32N 87.48W
06/19/2023  E47 MPH          GMZ633             FL   Mesonet

            Weather Station recorded a max gust of 41
            knots.

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mobile AL
621 PM CDT Mon Jun 19 2023

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

1229 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 E Orange Beach        30.30N 87.51W
06/19/2023  M43 MPH          GMZ633             AL   Mesonet

            Mill point recorded a max gust of 37 knots.

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge41 min
Jun 20, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone35 min
Jun 20, 12:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBStone3 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.