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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2008, 10:51 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
- Mar 17, 2008, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 7:00 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 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 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
- 2041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 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 171551 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1051 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY EASTWARD WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN STATES. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN WINDS FREQUENTLY GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-180000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.080317T1551Z-080318T0000Z/ 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 1051 AM CDT MON MAR 17 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. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OR FREQUENT WIND 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 172024 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 324 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY AND FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN STATES SLOWLY SHIFTS INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL RESULT IN WINDS FREQUENTLY GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...BOTH UNTIL 7 PM TODAY AND ALSO ON TUESDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-180430- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.080318T1300Z-080319T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080318T0000Z/ 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 324 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WILL OCCUR TODAY AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:25 PM CDT | High Surf Warning | MOB | 48 hr | |
| Mar 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 38 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.