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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 26, 2015, 7:09 PM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2015, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2015, 11:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WWUS74 KMOB 270009 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 709 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. ALZ056>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-270600- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.151027T0009Z-151027T0600Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE... BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...ANDALUSIA...OPP...SARALAND... BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...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 709 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS...FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...A FEW TREE BRANCHES OR WEAKER TREES COULD FALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT 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. && $$ ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-270115- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151027T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE- GEORGE- 709 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH BREEZY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...GUSTS OVER 30 MPH SHOULD BE BRIEF. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
1 follow-up statement
722 WWUS74 KMOB 270449 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1149 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... ALZ056>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-270600- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-151027T0600Z/ 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- 1149 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR HEAVIER SHOWERS OVERNIGHT...BUT OVERALL WIND GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 16 hr |
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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.