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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 12:49 PM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 12:49 PM CST (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 18:50 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, 6.8 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
- 648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
987 WWUS74 KMOB 021849 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1249 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .GRADIENT WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. HIGHER WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS OR 58 MPH OR HIGHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030300- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0002.160202T2200Z-160203T1200Z/ 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...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 1249 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS OR SLIGHTLY HIGH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
888 WWUS74 KMOB 030342 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 942 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .FREQUENT SURFACE WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. HIGHER WIND GUSTS POTENTIALLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS OR 58 MPH OR HIGHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-031145- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/ 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...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...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...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 942 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 6:16 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 48 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 9 days |
| Feb 2, 9:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 9 days |
| Feb 2, 4:08 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 14 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.