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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2013, 5:14 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2013, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 10:18 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, 10.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893 WWUS74 KMOB 101014 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 514 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TODAY WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE COAST AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-101815- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0009.130311T1500Z-130312T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.130310T1500Z-130311T0000Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 514 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
576 WWUS74 KMOB 101834 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 134 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ARE EXPECTED TODAY WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE COAST AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-110000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130311T0000Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 134 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
738 WWUS74 KMOB 110007 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 707 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND FREQUENT GUSTS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-110115- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130311T0000Z/ 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...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 707 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND FREQUENT GUSTS HAVE LOWERED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 74 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.