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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2014, 3:04 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2014, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 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 09:07 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975 WWUS74 KMOB 210904 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 AM CST... .A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WIND WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211500- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.140221T0904Z-140221T1500Z/ 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 304 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 117 min |
| Feb 21, 2:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 3:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 3:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 3:37 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 113 min |
| Feb 21, 3:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:51 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Feb 20, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 63 min |
| Feb 20, 10:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 78 min |
| Feb 21, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 80 min |
| Feb 21, 12:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 116 min |
| Feb 21, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 21, 2:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 119 min |
| Feb 21, 3:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Feb 21, 4:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 21, 4:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Feb 21, 5:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Feb 21, 10:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 days |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 78 min |
| Feb 20, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 12:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 2 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 11:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 4 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.