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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 4, 2020Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2020, 3:32 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Jan 4, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2020, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 4, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

564 
WWUS74 KMOB 040932
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
332 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2020

ALZ263>266-FLZ201>206-050000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0001.200104T1800Z-200105T0000Z/
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 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
332 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Central, Baldwin Central, Mobile 
  Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia 
  Inland, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Inland, Santa Rosa 
  Coastal, Okaloosa Inland and Okaloosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...From noon today to 6 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Hazardous driving conditions for high
  profile vehicles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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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.