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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2013, 3:49 AM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 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 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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
- 2109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546 WWUS74 KMOB 110849 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 349 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM THIS EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111700- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0014.130411T1500Z-130412T0000Z/ 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 349 AM CDT THU APR 11 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...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF BLOWING AROUND LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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 LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
653 WWUS74 KMOB 111622 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1122 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ 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 1122 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF BLOWING AROUND LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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 LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:47 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Apr 11, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 11, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 24 min |
| Apr 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Apr 11, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 66 min |
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.