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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 12, 2013

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2013, 3:02 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2013, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2013, 10:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

The text

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

723 
WWUS74 KMOB 122102
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
302 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE COASTAL
PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 10 PM CST...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO MAINLY COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE COASTAL
PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-130400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.130212T2102Z-130213T0400Z/
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
302 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE...UNSECURED OBJECTS CAN ALSO BE
  BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25
TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
211 
WWUS74 KMOB 130408
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1008 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

.SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL REMAIN BREEZY ALONG THE COASTAL ZONES BUT WIND
SPEEDS AND DURATION OF GUSTS WILL NOT MEET CRITERIA TO EXTEND THE
WIND ADVISORY.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-130515-
/O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130213T0400Z/
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
1008 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS AND DURATION OF GUSTS WILL NOT MEET CRITERIA TO EXTEND
THE WIND ADVISORY.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 8:38 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB9 hr
Feb 12, 6:01 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Feb 12, 9:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Wilcox6 hr
Feb 12, 11:45 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox24 hr
Feb 12, 1:35 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile115 min
Feb 12, 3:17 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB24 hr

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Sources

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