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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2016, 5:02 AM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2016, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 10:02 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 2225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
079 WWUS74 KMOB 061002 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 502 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL PROMOTE BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-061800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.160406T1700Z-160407T0000Z/ 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 502 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 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
167 WWUS74 KMOB 061810 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 110 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL PROMOTE BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-070000- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ 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 110 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 12 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.