Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2007, 12:52 AM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; George County, Greene County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2007, 12:52 AM CST (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMOB 180652 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1252 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 AM CST... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...DIMINISHING BY LATE MORNING. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS TO OTHERS IN OUTDOOR WIND SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES EARLY THIS MORNING. ALZ052>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ076-078-079-181500- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0001.070218T0652Z-070218T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-GREENE-STONE- GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO... PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW... ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1252 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...DIMINISHING BY LATE MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMOB 180703 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 103 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 9 AM CST... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...DIMINISHING BY LATE MORNING. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS TO OTHERS IN OUTDOOR WIND SENSITIVE ACTIVITIES EARLY THIS MORNING. ALZ052>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ076-078-079-181500- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070218T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-GREENE-STONE- GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO... PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW... ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 103 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AT 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...DIMINISHING BY LATE MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:02 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 15 hr |
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.