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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2016, 11:30 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2016, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- 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 17:32 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, 5.5 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
- 569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
335 WWUS74 KMOB 151730 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1130 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST... .SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-160000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.160215T1730Z-160216T0000Z/ 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 1130 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 11:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 5:00 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 19 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 15, 11:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 43 min |
| Feb 15, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 12:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 12:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 12:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Feb 15, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 27 min |
| Feb 15, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 1:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 15, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 42 min |
| Feb 15, 1:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Feb 15, 1:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 15, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 2:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Feb 15, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 3:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Feb 15, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Feb 15, 3:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 3:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Feb 15, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 3 more | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 4:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Feb 15, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Feb 15, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 12 min |
| Feb 15, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Feb 15, 5:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Feb 15, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Feb 15, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 5:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 52 min |
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.