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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at May 2, 2010, 10:24 AM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2010, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2010, 7:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.4 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWUS74 KMOB 021524 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1024 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... .BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.100502T1524Z-100503T0600Z/ 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 1024 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
234 WWUS74 KMOB 030006 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 706 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE PAST HOUR. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS PRONE TO HIGHER WINDS COULD SEE GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030115- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100503T0600Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 706 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE PAST HOUR. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS PRONE TO HIGHER WINDS COULD SEE GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 36 hr | |
| May 2, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 7 days |
| May 2, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 7 days |
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.