Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Nov 10, 2009, 9:31 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2009, 9:31 AM CST (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 15:32 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 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 655 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 101531 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 931 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION IDA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TODAY. ALTHOUGH IDA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-110000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.091110T1531Z-091111T0000Z/ 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...MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 931 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION IDA MOVES EASTWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMOB 102358 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 558 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH MID EVENING INCLUDING COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .THE REMNANT LOW OF IDA WAS POSITIONED OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...NEAR CRESTVIEW FLORIDA. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AS WELL AS COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH MID EVENING. ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-110100- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-091111T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN 558 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LOWER TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ ALZ056>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-110300- /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-091111T0300Z/ 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-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP... MOBILE...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...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 558 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING AROUND THE DEPARTING REMNANT LOW OF IDA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 10:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:35 AM CST | Coastal Flood Statement | MOB | 12 hr | |
| Nov 10, 9:34 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 19 hr | |
| Nov 10, 9:34 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Nov 10, 9:34 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 48 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.