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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2013, 3:43 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2013, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 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 09:47 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, 9.7 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
- 2221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075 WWUS74 KMOB 050943 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 343 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH AHEAD OF AN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH LIKELY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-051800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.130305T1500Z-130306T0000Z/ 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 343 AM CST TUE MAR 5 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...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
054 WWUS74 KMOB 051817 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1217 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH AHEAD OF AN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-060000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ 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 1217 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR 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. IN ADDITION...SECURE ANY LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
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.