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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 10, 20085 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2008, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KMOB 101725
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1225 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE INTERACTION BETWEEN A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS
THE PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL RESULT IN
BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY. WINDS WILL TYPICALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST
AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

ALZ051>053-055-056-059>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-
102300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0009.080410T1725Z-080410T2300Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-MONROE-CONECUH-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...HOMEWOOD...
MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...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
1225 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35
MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OR 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMOBWalton61 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.