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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 14, 20135 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2013, 4:18 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2013, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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.

388 
WWUS72 KTAE 142118
NPWTAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
518 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AS THE AFTERNOON RAINFALL COMES TO AN END. GUSTS MAY REACH AS
HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING.

ALZ065>069-150000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.WI.Y.0007.130414T2118Z-130415T0000Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY...
COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH
418 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...4 PM TO 7 PM CDT

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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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.