Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2018, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:59 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
553 WWUS74 KMOB 121000 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 500 AM CDT Mon Mar 12 2018 ...INCREASED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... .A tight gradient between low pressure moving into the western Atlantic and a strong ridge of high pressure building across the Plains will result in increased northwest winds, with frequent gusts between 25 and 35 mph across our region through this afternoon. ALZ051>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0002.180312T1000Z-180312T2200Z/ 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, and Lucedale 500 AM CDT Mon Mar 12 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 5 PM CDT this afternoon. * TIMING...Through late this afternoon. * WINDS...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with frequent gusts of 25 to 35 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong northwest winds could result in hazardous driving conditions, especially for high profile vehicles on east and west oriented roadways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
879 WWUS74 KMOB 121709 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1209 PM CDT Mon Mar 12 2018 ...INCREASED NORTHWEST WINDS IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST ZONES INCLUDING THE GULF COAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON... .The pressure difference between a high pressure system approaching from the west and a departing surface frontal low lifting northeast off the Mid-Atlantic coast maintains strong, gusty northwest winds generally southeast of I-65 including the coastal zones through much of the afternoon. Northwest of I-65, wind gusts will trend below advisory criteria the remainder of the afternoon. ALZ051>055-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121815- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180312T2200Z/ Choctaw-Washington-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Wayne-Perry-Greene-Stone- George- Including the cities of Butler, Lisman, Silas, Chatom, Millry, Grove Hill, Jackson, Thomasville, Camden, Pine Hill, Homewood, Monroeville, Waynesboro, Beaumont, New Augusta, Richton, Leakesville, McLain, Wiggins, and Lucedale 1209 PM CDT Mon Mar 12 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mobile has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Latest observations show wind gusts trending below wind advisory criteria. $$ ALZ056>060-261>266-FLZ201>206-122200- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180312T2200Z/ 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- Including the cities of 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, and Wright 1209 PM CDT Mon Mar 12 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...Through late this afternoon. * WINDS...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with frequent gusts to around 30 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong northwest winds could result in hazardous driving conditions, especially for high profile vehicles on east and west oriented roadways. 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. && $$
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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.