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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Mobile, AL

March 13, 2019Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2019, 1:20 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2019, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

132 
WWUS74 KMOB 131820
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
120 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019

ALZ261>266-FLZ201>204-MSZ078-079-140100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.190313T1820Z-190314T0100Z/
Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central-Baldwin Central-
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland-Escambia Coastal-
Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal-Stone-George-
Including the cities of 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, Wiggins, and Lucedale
120 PM CDT Wed Mar 13 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. 

* TIMING...Through early this evening.

* WINDS...20 to 30 mph with higher gusts.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. The 
  strong winds can also blow around loose light- weight outdoor 
  objects. Ensure these items are secured.

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 strong winds can also blow around loose light-
weight outdoor objects. Ensure these items are secured.

&&

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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.