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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2014, 3:32 AM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 25, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2014, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 08:36 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, 8.5 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
- 2460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WWUS74 KMOB 250832 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 332 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY WITH A LATE SEASON FREEZE OCCURRING AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALZ051>060-MSZ067-251700- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.140326T0600Z-140326T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.140326T0600Z-140326T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.140325T1500Z-140326T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE- 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...WAYNESBORO 332 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SOME CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER OPENING THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAN CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. && $$ ALZ061-062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ075-076-078-079-251700- /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.140326T0600Z-140326T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.140325T1500Z-140326T0000Z/ UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- INLAND OKALOOSA-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 332 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...30 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SOME CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER OPENING THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SECURE ANY LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAN CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-251700- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.140325T1500Z-140326T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 332 AM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAN CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
137 WWUS74 KMOB 251746 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1246 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND A LATE SEASON FREEZE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260200- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.140326T0600Z-140326T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ 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 1246 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...BREEZY TO WINDY CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...29 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SOME CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER OPENING THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH... AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE... LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAN CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-260000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1246 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE... LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAN CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND. && $$
190 WWUS74 KMOB 260010 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 710 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...A LATE SEASON FREEZE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-260815- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.140326T0600Z-140326T1200Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 710 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURE...28 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SOME CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT WARM WEATHER OPENING THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-260115- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T0000Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 710 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:32 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 27 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 27 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.