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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 61 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.