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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

August 3, 2024Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2024, 2:36 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2024, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2024, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 318 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: 2235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 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 3, 1:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:46 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
146 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024

ALZ056-058-060-031930-
Conecuh AL-Covington AL-Crenshaw AL-
146 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW...
SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH AND COVINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 145 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles northeast of Dozier to 13 miles
southwest of Red Level. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Andalusia, Opp, River Falls, Dozier, Heath, and Gantt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8620 3119 8619 3105 8642
      3115 8670 3119 8670 3118 8673 3120 8674
      3118 8677 3126 8677 3157 8628 3155 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 285DEG 19KT 3152 8631 3125 8674

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
236 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024

ALZ060-FLZ205-032015-
Covington AL-Okaloosa Inland FL-
236 PM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COVINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CDT...

At 236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles south of Andalusia, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Florala, Laurel Hill, and Lockhart.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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 3099 8639 3090 8639 3098 8670 3099 8670
      3100 8669 3100 8670 3104 8670 3127 8649
      3122 8619 3099 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 292DEG 8KT 3115 8653

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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 3, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		79 min
Aug 3, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		45 min
Aug 3, 6:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		41 min
Aug 3, 12:08 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more	30 hr
Aug 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	44 min
Aug 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		47 hr
Aug 3, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		40 min
Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	45 min
Aug 3, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		26 min
Aug 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Aug 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	46 min
Aug 3, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Okaloosa	52 min
Aug 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	38 min
Aug 3, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Santa Rosa	51 min
Aug 3, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	36 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.