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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2011, 4:02 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 11, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2011, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2011, 8:51 PM CDT
- 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 09:07 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, 9.0 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
484 WWUS74 KMOB 110902 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 402 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION... .AN APPROACHING SPRING TIME COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER THE REGION DURING THE EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY BY LATE EVENING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111715- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.110411T1500Z-110412T0400Z/ 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 402 AM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN APPROACHING SPRING TIME COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER THE REGION DURING THE EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY BY LATE EVENING. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY DOWN SOME ROTTEN OR POORLY ROOTED TREES AND ALSO LARGE TREE LIMBS SIMILAR TO LAST MONDAY'S EVENT. 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. ALSO...LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
661 WWUS74 KMOB 111858 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 158 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION... .AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING...BRINGING A WINDSHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BUT ALSO AN END TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110412T0400Z/ 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 158 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COASTAL REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING...BRINGING A WINDSHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BUT ALSO AN END TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS ARE WILL NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS...BUT RATHER THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURES BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE FROM THE WEST. WINDS OF THIS SPEED MAY DOWN SOME ROTTEN OR POORLY ROOTED TREES AND ALSO LARGE TREE LIMBS. 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. ALSO...LIGHT UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. && $$
743 WWUS74 KMOB 120151 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 851 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED TO BETWEEN 13 AND 17 MPH ACROSS THE AREA WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OF 20 AND 25 MPH. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120300- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110412T0400Z/ 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 851 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED TO BETWEEN 13 AND 17 MPH ACROSS THE AREA WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OF 20 AND 25 MPH. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Apr 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 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.