Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2008, 10:19 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2008, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw 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, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMOB 081519 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1019 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW IS DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-082330- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.080508T1519Z-080509T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1019 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW IS DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 20 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS...OR FREQUENT GUSTS...OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMOB 082341 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 641 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY... .SURFACE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS A LOW OVER THE MID SOUTH HAS MOVED NORTHEAST. FOR THIS REASON ALL HAZARDS RELATED TO SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE ABATED ALTHOUGH WINDS DO REMAIN GUSTY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS THEREFORE CANCELED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-090045- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080509T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 641 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. .SURFACE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS A LOW OVER THE MID SOUTH HAS MOVED NORTHEAST. FOR THIS REASON ALL HAZARDS RELATED TO SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE ABATED ALTHOUGH WINDS DO REMAIN GUSTY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS THEREFORE CANCELED. $$
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.