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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2015, 1:07 PM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2015, 1:07 PM CST (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709 WWUS74 KMOB 131907 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 107 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 4 AM MONDAY MORNING... .WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-140315- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.151213T1907Z-151214T1000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-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...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...GRAND BAY... DAUPHIN ISLAND...BAYOU LA BATRE...GULF SHORES...CENTURY... MOLINO...PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...JAY...MILTON...GULF BREEZE... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 107 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES OR BRANCHES MAY FALL WITH THESE WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY DRIVING EAST OR WEST. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
894 WWUS74 KMOB 140052 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 652 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH 4 AM MONDAY MORNING... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-140900- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-151214T1000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-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...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...GRAND BAY... DAUPHIN ISLAND...BAYOU LA BATRE...GULF SHORES...CENTURY... MOLINO...PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...JAY...MILTON...GULF BREEZE... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 652 PM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES OR BRANCHES MAY FALL WITH THESE WIND GUSTS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY DRIVING EAST OR WEST. LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SHOULD BE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.