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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2013, 3:36 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 26, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2013, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 21:38 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 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 1987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WWUS74 KMOB 252136 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 336 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... .AS THE LARGE AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS AND UP ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY...WELL DEFINED WIND FLOW ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY PRESENTS SOME WIND PROBLEMS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS LOOK TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UPWARDS AROUND 35 MPH LIKELY BY MID MORNING CONTINUING INTO THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260545- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.130226T1500Z-130227T0000Z/ 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 336 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 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 WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
267 WWUS74 KMOB 260500 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1100 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... .AS THE LARGE AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS AND UP ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY TUESDAY...A WELL DEFINED AND STRONG WESTERLY WIND FLOW ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UPWARDS AROUND 35 MPH BY MID MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.130226T1500Z-130227T0000Z/ 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 1100 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 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 WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
841 WWUS74 KMOB 261123 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 523 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... .AS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS AND UP ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY A WELL DEFINED AND STRONG WESTERLY WIND FLOW ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH BY MID MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-262000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.130226T1500Z-130227T0000Z/ 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 523 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...9 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 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 WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
602 WWUS74 KMOB 261844 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1244 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE INTERIOR... .A LARGE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS AND UP ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY. THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261945- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130227T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1244 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH AND OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND SHORT TERM WEATHER MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE WIND SPEED VALUES TO BE SHY OF CRITERIA NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE WIND ADVISORY OVER THE INTERIOR. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-270000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130227T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON...WRIGHT... NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1244 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 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 WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
383 WWUS74 KMOB 270021 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 621 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-270130- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130227T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA... BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON...WRIGHT... NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 621 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Feb 24, 10:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 24, 10:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Feb 25, 2:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 116 min |
| Feb 25, 3:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 25, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| Feb 25, 4:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 119 min |
| Feb 25, 4:23 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 38 hr | |
| Feb 25, 4:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 117 min |
| Feb 25, 4:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Feb 25, 5:34 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Feb 25, 6:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Feb 25, 8:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Feb 25, 9:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Feb 25, 11:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Feb 25, 2:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Feb 25, 6:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 117 min |
| Feb 25, 7:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
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.