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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2012, 4:48 AM CDT for Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
1 follow-up statement
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 28 hr |
Nearby
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.