Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2008, 9:34 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 9:34 PM CST (03:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 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 03:33 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, 3.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 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 300334 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 934 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...AREA OF STRONG WINDS WILL CROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT... .STRONG...POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL CROSS THE AREA BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TOWARDS SUNRISE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.080130T0600Z-080130T1000Z/ 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 934 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CROSS THE AREA BEGINNING WITH INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS....REACHING THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY 2 AM. THIS AREA OF STRONGER WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TOWARDS SUNRISE...FALLING INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI TO 10 TO 20 MPH OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMOB 301010 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 410 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH 9 AM TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH 9 AM ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-301500- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080130T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.080130T1010Z-080130T1500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS... BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE... PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH... NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO 410 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED OVER THE INLAND AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER 9 AM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301115- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080130T1000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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...CENTURY... FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 410 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Jan 30, 6:04 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:17 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min |
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.