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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2013, 3:53 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2013, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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 09:58 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WWUS74 KMOB 210953 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH NOON CST TODAY... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM CST TONIGHT... .A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOIST GULF AIR OVER MOST INLAND AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. AS THE WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE COOLER NEAR SHORE WATERS WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO FORM MOSTLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...POSSIBLY LINGERING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN REFORMING FURTHER INLAND AGAIN OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN DENSE FOG. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-211800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.131221T1500Z-131222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FG.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-131221T1800Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...DENSE FOG THROUGH NOON CST TODAY. HIGH WINDS FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM CST TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. * VISIBILITY...FREQUENT REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER MILE. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 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. && $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.131221T1500Z-131222T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 353 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM CST TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
281 WWUS74 KMOB 211721 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1121 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM CST TONIGHT... .A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-220000- /O.CAN.KMOB.FG.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-131221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1121 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY 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. && $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1121 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
434 WWUS74 KMOB 212158 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 358 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... .A BREEZY SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE COOLER NEAR SHORE WATERS WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL REFORM MOSTLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AFTER MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY LINGERING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN DENSE FOG. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-220600- /O.NEW.KMOB.FG.Y.0023.131222T0600Z-131222T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0600Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 358 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITY...FREQUENT REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER MILE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220600- /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0600Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 358 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
010 WWUS74 KMOB 220612 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY... .AS WARM MOIST AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER THE COOLER NEAR SHORE WATERS WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL REFORM MOSTLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AFTER MIDNIGHT... POSSIBLY LINGERING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN DENSE FOG. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-221415- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FG.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-131222T1500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * VISIBILITY...FREQUENT REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER MILE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE LOW BEAN HEADLIGHTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220715- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131222T0600Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1212 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNRISE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 6:54 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Dec 20, 6:54 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:52 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Dec 21, 3:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 16 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2013Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2013Wind Advisories in Florida, 2013Every wind advisory in 2013
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.