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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 4:00 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2011, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:17 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 10:00 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
300 WWUS74 KMOB 281000 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 400 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTH WINDS WIND INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BETWEEN A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-281800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.110228T1300Z-110228T2300Z/ 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 400 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
799 WWUS74 KMOB 281855 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1255 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .ONSHORE WINDS BETWEEN A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-282300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 1255 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
964 WWUS74 KMOB 282117 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 317 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-282230- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T2300Z/ 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 317 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:28 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Feb 28, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 53 min |
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.