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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Mobile, AL

May 30, 20134 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at May 30, 2013, 10:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2013, 10:35 AM CDT (15:35 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 30, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2013-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1446 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2013-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

339 
WWUS74 KMOB 301535
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1035 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...

.A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WITH PERSISTENT GUSTS TO 
NEAR 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF THE
EASTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL GULF WILL HELP MAINTAIN A MODERATE TO
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ075-076-078-079-302300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0015.130530T1600Z-130530T2300Z/
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...FERRY PASS...
BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...
PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1035 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS. 

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

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.