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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2011, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 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 20:19 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, 8.3 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WWUS74 KMOB 182020 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 320 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-190500- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.111019T0000Z-111019T2200Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 320 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A SMALL DECREASE IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY SMALL YARD OBJECTS AS THEY CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
3 follow-up statements
083 WWUS74 KMOB 190420 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1120 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGS WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191230- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111019T2200Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1120 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF DESTIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGER WINDS WERE ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE COLD FRONT. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY SMALL YARD OBJECTS AS THEY CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
970 WWUS74 KMOB 190826 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 326 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THEN SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-191630- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111019T2200Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 326 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN SUBSIDE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY SMALL YARD OBJECTS AS THEY CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
091 WWUS74 KMOB 191638 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1138 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THEN SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-192200- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-111019T2200Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1138 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN SUBSIDE TONIGHT. * IMPACT...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY SMALL YARD OBJECTS AS THEY CAN EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 37 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 39 hr | |
| Oct 18, 4:15 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 30 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2011Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2011Wind Advisories in Florida, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.