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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2011, 3:57 AM CST for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2011, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WWUS74 KMOB 040957 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...A WINDY DAY EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A WINDY DAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-041800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.110304T0957Z-110305T0000Z/ 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...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 357 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...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. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A WINDY DAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH OVER AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WIGGINS...BAY MINETTE...TO CRESTVIEW LINE. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
634 WWUS74 KMOB 041851 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1251 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...A WINDY DAY EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A WINDY DAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH. ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-050000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110305T0000Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE... FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1251 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN A WINDY DAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH OVER AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WIGGINS...BAY MINETTE...TO CRESTVIEW LINE. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.