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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2015, 2:48 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2015, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 2448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WWUS74 KMOB 202048 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 248 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY FOR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH... .OVERVIEW...THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAKE FOR ESPECIALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-210500- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.150221T1300Z-150222T0100Z/ 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 248 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING * WINDS...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PLASTIC LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO ROTTEN TREE LIMBS COULD FALL. FINALLY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
991 WWUS74 KMOB 210518 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1118 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... .OVERVIEW...THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAKE FOR ESPECIALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.150221T1300Z-150222T0100Z/ 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 1118 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 30 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PLASTIC LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO ROTTEN TREE LIMBS COULD FALL. FINALLY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AT 25 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
878 WWUS74 KMOB 211215 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 615 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... .OVERVIEW...THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAKE FOR ESPECIALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-212015- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.150221T1300Z-150222T0100Z/ 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 615 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PLASTIC LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO ROTTEN TREE LIMBS COULD FALL. FINALLY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AT 25 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
140 WWUS74 KMOB 211626 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1026 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... .OVERVIEW...THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDSOUTH AND DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAKE FOR ESPECIALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220100- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150222T0100Z/ 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 1026 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PLASTIC LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO ROTTEN TREE LIMBS COULD FALL. FINALLY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AT 25 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
732 WWUS74 KMOB 212122 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 322 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS... .THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDSOUTH AND DEPARTING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-220100- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150222T0100Z/ 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 322 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PLASTIC LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO ROTTEN TREE LIMBS COULD FALL. FINALLY...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AT 25 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 44 hr | |
| Feb 20, 6:11 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:36 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington and 1 more | 99 min |
| Feb 20, 8:44 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 69 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:59 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 39 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.