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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Aug 23, 2008, 11:25 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2008, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2008, 2:39 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMOB 240425 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1125 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.1 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...EAST- NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...FAY WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SUNDAY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NWS RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH OVER A RADIUS VERY CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-241230- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.080824T0425Z-080824T1500Z/ 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- 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 1125 PM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND NWS RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN T.D. FAY ARE NEAR 30 MPH OVER A RADIUS VERY CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. AT 10 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY WAS ABOUT 60 MILES...EAST-NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE OCCURRING VERY NEAR THE CENTER OF T.D. FAY AND ALSO IN HEAVIER RAINBANDS WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AND INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT AS THE CENTER OF FAY MOVES WESTWARD OVERNIGHT. AGAIN...THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL REMAIN CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF FAYS REMNANT CIRCULATION AND ALSO IN OUTER RAINBANDS THAT CAUSE HIGHER WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND. AS SOON AS SUSTAINED WINDS DROP BELOW 25 MPH...THIS WIND ADVISORY WILL BE DROPPED. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE WIND SPEEDS MAKES DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMOB 240739 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 239 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 .AT 230 AM CDT...THE REMNANTS OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST- NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND WILL CROSS OVER INTO SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI EARLY ON THIS SUNDAY. SURFACE WINDS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE LATE LAST EVENING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-240845- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080824T1500Z/ 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- 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 239 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THE REMNANTS OF T.D. FAY WAS LOCATED OVER INTERIOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST- NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH AND WILL CROSS OVER INTO SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI EARLY ON THIS SUNDAY. SURFACE WINDS HAVE CONSIDERABLY WEAKENED SINCE LAST EVENING. THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THEY HAVE FALLEN BELOW THE SUSTAINED 25 MPH THRESHOLD. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION AND ALSO WITHIN HEAVIER RAINBANDS WELL EAST OF THE CENTER OVER THE NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 11:06 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Aug 23, 11:36 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 57 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.