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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this heat advisory at Jul 1, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jul 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 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.
932 WWUS74 KMOB 010850 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 350 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS FORECAST TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR. ALZ051>060-MSZ067-011700- /O.CAN.KMOB.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.HT.Y.0002.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE- 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...WAYNESBORO 350 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH TEMPERATURES...UPPER 90S. * HEAT INDEX...108 TO 110. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 112 ARE EXPECTED. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE PROVIDED PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND SHADE...AND MONITORED OFTEN. && $$ ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ075-076-078-079-011000- /O.CAN.KMOB.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0100Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-PERRY-GREENE- STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE... FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 350 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS RANGING FROM 101 TO 106 ARE JUST SHY OF MAINTAINING THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES. $$
2 follow-up statements
816 WWUS74 KMOB 010930 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 429 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS FORECAST TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR. ALZ051>060-MSZ067-011745- /O.CAN.KMOB.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.HT.Y.0002.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE- 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...WAYNESBORO 429 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH TEMPERATURES...UPPER 90S. * HEAT INDEX...108 TO 110. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 112 ARE EXPECTED. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE PROVIDED PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND SHADE...AND MONITORED OFTEN. && $$ ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ075-076-078-079-011030- /O.CAN.KMOB.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120702T0100Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-PERRY-GREENE- STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE... FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE... EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 429 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS RANGING FROM 101 TO 106 ARE JUST SHY OF MAINTAINING THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN ZONES. $$
666 WWUS74 KMOB 011703 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1203 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ANOTHER HOT AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION...WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS REACHING CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. ALZ051>060-MSZ067-020000- /O.CON.KMOB.HT.Y.0002.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE- 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...WAYNESBORO 1203 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH TEMPERATURES...UPPER 90S. * HEAT INDEX...108 TO 110. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF 108 TO 112 ARE EXPECTED. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT... LIGHT COLORED...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. PETS AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE PROVIDED PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND SHADE...AND MONITORED OFTEN. && $$
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.