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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2014, 12:05 PM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2014, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 7:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -376 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403 WWUS74 KMOB 151705 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1205 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOWER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...PARTS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ALL AREAS IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM CDT... .A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO USHER A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW AT AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS THROUGH 8 PM CDT TONIGHT. ALZ059>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-160100- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.140515T1705Z-140516T0100Z/ ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1205 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM CDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
429 WWUS74 KMOB 160018 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 718 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR LOWER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ALL OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .NORTHERLY WIND SPEEDS HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LOWER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ALL OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALZ059>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-160130- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140516T0100Z/ ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 718 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LOWER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND ALL OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. NORTHERLY WIND SPEEDS HAVE GRADUALLY DIMINISHED TO BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS EARLY THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| May 14, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 42 hr |
| May 14, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 days |
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.