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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2015, 8:59 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2015, 8:59 AM CST (14:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2015, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 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 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 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
- 427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772 WWUS74 KMOB 051459 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 859 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING WILL ALSO BRING AN END TO THE DENSE FOG ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-052300- /O.CAN.KMOB.FG.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150305T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.150305T1459Z-150306T0400Z/ 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 859 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND LIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST AND EAST ROADWAYS. 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. ALSO SECURE LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$ ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-052300- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.150305T1459Z-150306T0400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 859 AM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND LIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST AND EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO SECURE LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
2 follow-up statements
898 WWUS74 KMOB 052104 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSAGE. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE 20S ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT VERY MILD TEMPERATURES. ALZ052>064-FLZ001>003-MSZ075-076-078-079-060415- /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.150306T0400Z-150306T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-PERRY-GREENE- STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO MID TO UPPER 20S WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S FURTHER EAST. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND LIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST AND EAST ROADWAYS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND ANY NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT MILD TEMPERATURES. 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. ALSO SECURE LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ051-MSZ067-060415- /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.150305T2104Z-150306T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...WAYNESBORO 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND LIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST AND EAST ROADWAYS. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND ANY NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT MILD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. ALSO SECURE LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ004>006-060400- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 304 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND LIGHT...UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. IN ADDITION...DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING WEST AND EAST ROADWAYS. 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. ALSO SECURE LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND IN THE WIND. && $$
058 WWUS74 KMOB 060414 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1014 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .A LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE 20S ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT VERY MILD TEMPERATURES. ALZ052>064-FLZ001>003-MSZ075-076-078-079-061215- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150306T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA- COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN- INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-PERRY-GREENE- STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE... PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON... MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW... ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1014 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO MID TO UPPER 20S WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S FURTHER EAST. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND ANY NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT MILD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ051-MSZ067-061215- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150306T1500Z/ CHOCTAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...WAYNESBORO 1014 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND ANY NEW GROWTH GIVEN THE RECENT MILD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS...NEW GROWTH...AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ FLZ004>006-060515- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150306T0400Z/ COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PACE...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT... NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1014 PM CST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT PROMPTED THE WIND ADVISORY HAVE SUBSIDED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:04 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 18 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:36 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 4 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.