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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Mobile, AL

November 28, 20165 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2016, 11:12 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2016, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
8 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 17:13 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, 5.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WWUS74 KMOB 281712
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1112 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-290100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0012.161128T1712Z-161129T0100Z/
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...CITRONELLE...SARALAND...STOCKTON...MOBILE...PRICHARD...
THEODORE...BAY MINETTE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...
SPANISH FORT...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND...GRAND BAY...
FORT MORGAN...GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...CENTURY...MOLINO...
WALNUT HILL...BEULAH...ENSLEY...FORT PICKENS...PENSACOLA...
PENSACOLA BEACH...PERDIDO BAY...JAY...MILTON...BAGDAD...
GULF BREEZE...NAVARRE...CRESTVIEW...DESTIN...EGLIN AFB...
FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...VALPARAISO...WRIGHT...
WAYNESBORO...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...
MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE
1112 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM.

* WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES MAY 
  BE DOWNED. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 8:11 PM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile65 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2016Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2016Wind Advisories in Florida, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.