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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Mobile, AL

October 18, 2019Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2019, 4:29 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2019, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2019, 2:10 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2019-10-18Temperature 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 2019-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

504 
WWUS74 KMOB 182129
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
429 PM CDT Fri Oct 18 2019

ALZ266-FLZ202-204-190600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.191018T2129Z-191019T1500Z/
Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, 
Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, 
Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre
429 PM CDT Fri Oct 18 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 35 mph.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal County. In Florida, 
  Escambia Coastal and Santa Rosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few
  tree limbs could be blown down.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
383 
WWUS74 KMOB 190451
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1151 PM CDT Fri Oct 18 2019

ALZ266-FLZ202-204-191300-
/O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-191019T1500Z/
Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, 
Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, 
Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre
1151 PM CDT Fri Oct 18 2019

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 35 mph.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal County. In Florida, 
  Escambia Coastal and Santa Rosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...Until between 10 and 11 AM CDT Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A 
  few tree limbs could be blown down.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
315 
WWUS74 KMOB 190710
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
210 AM CDT Sat Oct 19 2019

ALZ266-FLZ202-204-190815-
/O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-191019T1500Z/
Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, 
Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, 
Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre
210 AM CDT Sat Oct 19 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind gusts this morning west of Navarre, FL and along the coast
will be less than 30 mph, so the Wind Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 10:11 AM CDTHigh Surf WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa26 hr
Oct 18, 4:21 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB18 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.