Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2016, 7:30 AM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2016, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 12:36 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, 0.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
547 WWUS74 KMOB 201230 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 730 AM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WITH FREQUENT GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-202200- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.160320T1500Z-160321T0000Z/ 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...GROVE HILL...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... BRANTLEY...LUVERNE...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE...BAY MINETTE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...BAYOU LA BATRE... DAUPHIN ISLAND...GRAND BAY...GULF SHORES...CENTURY...MOLINO... ENSLEY...PENSACOLA...JAY...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW... DESTIN...EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE... VALPARAISO...WRIGHT...WAYNESBORO...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 730 AM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM CDT THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
783 WWUS74 KMOB 201729 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1229 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-201830- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 1229 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH BRISK CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST INTO THE AFTERNOON...OBSERVATIONS OVER THE LOCAL AREA AND UPSTREAM INDICATE THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 30 MPH OVER A LARGE AREA IS LOWER. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER THE INTERIOR. $$ ALZ261>266-FLZ201>206-210000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160321T0000Z/ 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...SARALAND...MOBILE...PRICHARD... THEODORE...BAY MINETTE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND...GRAND BAY... GULF SHORES...CENTURY...MOLINO...ENSLEY...PENSACOLA...JAY... MILTON...GULF BREEZE...CRESTVIEW...DESTIN...EGLIN AFB... FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...VALPARAISO...WRIGHT 1229 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 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. && $$
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.