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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL

March 8, 2016Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2016, 12:32 PM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 4 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2016, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2016-03-08Temperature 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 2016-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WWUS74 KMOB 081832
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1232 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

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

.A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
CONTINUE OVER LOWER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

ALZ052-059-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-090100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.160308T1832Z-160309T0100Z/
WASHINGTON-ESCAMBIA-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...CHATOM...MILLRY...ATMORE...BREWTON...
FLOMATON...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
1232 PM CST TUE MAR 8 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 EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR SLIGHTLY
  HIGHER. |

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 9:54 AM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 days
Mar 8, 9:54 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa4 days

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.