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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 9, 2016, 3:27 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 9, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2016, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 9, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2016, 5:00 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 09:31 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
084 WWUS74 KMOB 090927 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 327 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-091730- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.160209T1500Z-160209T2300Z/ 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 327 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
038 WWUS74 KMOB 091522 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 922 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-092300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160209T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-MOBILE CENTRAL- BALDWIN CENTRAL-MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- ESCAMBIA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-SANTA ROSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...GRAND BAY... DAUPHIN ISLAND...BAYOU LA BATRE...GULF SHORES...CENTURY... MOLINO...PENSACOLA...ENSLEY...JAY...MILTON...GULF BREEZE... CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN... SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON... BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS... LUCEDALE 922 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
815 WWUS74 KMOB 092154 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 354 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-092300- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160209T2300Z/ 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 354 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. 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. && $$
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.