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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Aug 30, 2012, 12:52 AM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2012, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693 WWUS74 KMOB 300552 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1252 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ISAAC... .TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ052-061>064-FLZ001-002-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301400- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.120830T0552Z-120831T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1252 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
577 WWUS74 KMOB 300610 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 110 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ISAAC... .TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ052-061>064-FLZ001-002-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-301415- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 110 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
082 WWUS74 KMOB 301238 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ISAAC... .TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-302045- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 738 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. 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. && $$
853 WWUS74 KMOB 302102 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 402 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. ALZ052-061>064-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-302215- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE... FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 402 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
657 WWUS74 KMOB 302200 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. FLZ001-002-302300- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/ INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE 500 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 9 days |
| Aug 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 22 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 20 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 4:29 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Aug 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 33 hr | |
| Aug 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Aug 30, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 4:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 16 min |
| Aug 30, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 10:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
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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.