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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Mobile, AL

December 28, 2015Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2015, 2:38 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2015, 2:38 AM CST (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

055 
WWUS74 KMOB 280838
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
238 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE COASTAL
COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...

.EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS 
WELL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. 

ALZ263>266-FLZ202-204-206-281800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.151228T0838Z-151228T1800Z/
MOBILE CENTRAL-BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-
ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...GRAND BAY...DAUPHIN ISLAND...
BAYOU LA BATRE...GULF SHORES...PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...GULF BREEZE...
WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...
EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
238 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON CDT TODAY.

* WINDS...20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. POSSIBLE
  POWER OUTAGES FROM TREE DAMAGE.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 3:16 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa15 hr
Dec 28, 7:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa59 min
Dec 28, 8:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa2 min
Dec 28, 8:19 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa41 min
Dec 28, 8:39 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa51 min
Dec 28, 9:06 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Dec 28, 9:20 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa6 days
Dec 28, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa45 min
Dec 28, 9:43 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa30 min
Dec 28, 9:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia53 min
Dec 28, 10:27 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa33 min
Dec 28, 10:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa57 min
Dec 28, 10:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa15 min
Dec 28, 11:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia36 min
Dec 28, 12:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa88 min
Dec 28, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa44 min
Dec 28, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa48 min
Dec 28, 1:59 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBOkaloosa3 hr
Dec 28, 6:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile41 min
Dec 28, 6:44 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin31 min
Dec 28, 6:57 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Washington63 min
Dec 28, 6:59 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington46 min
Dec 28, 7:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington57 min
Dec 28, 7:10 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Dec 28, 7:14 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe46 min
Dec 28, 7:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw42 min
Dec 28, 7:28 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington47 min
Dec 28, 7:48 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe42 min
Dec 28, 8:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Monroe30 min
Dec 28, 8:06 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Dec 28, 8:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw39 min
Dec 28, 8:09 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox33 min
Dec 28, 8:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington62 min
Dec 28, 8:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox39 min
Dec 28, 8:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia46 min
Dec 28, 9:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox41 min
Dec 28, 9:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Dec 28, 9:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Wilcox13 min
Dec 28, 10:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia44 min
Dec 28, 11:16 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Dec 28, 11:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw26 min
Dec 28, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler12 min
Dec 28, 12:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw96 min
Dec 28, 12:14 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler3 hr
Dec 28, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Dec 28, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw39 min
Dec 28, 1:52 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Crenshaw3 hr
Dec 28, 1:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington35 min
Dec 28, 2:44 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min

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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.