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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 6, 2020, 10:33 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2020, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
660 WWUS74 KMOB 061633 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1033 AM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 ALZ055>060-FLZ201>206-061800- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.200206T1633Z-200206T1800Z/ Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw-Escambia-Covington-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa Coastal- Okaloosa Inland-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Homewood, Monroeville, Evergreen, Greenville, Brantley, Luverne, Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton, Andalusia, Opp, 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 1033 AM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of south central Alabama and northwest Florida. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
416 WWUS74 KMOB 061806 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1206 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 FLZ202-204-206-070215- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-200206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.200207T0300Z-200207T1200Z/ Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright 1206 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ ALZ055>060-FLZ201-203-205-061915- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-200206T1800Z/ Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw-Escambia-Covington-Escambia Inland- Santa Rosa Inland-Okaloosa Inland- Including the cities of Homewood, Monroeville, Evergreen, Greenville, Brantley, Luverne, Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton, Andalusia, Opp, Century, Molino, Walnut Hill, Jay, Milton, and Crestview 1206 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... The strong gusty winds that prompted the advisory have begun to subside. $$ ALZ265-266-070215- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.200207T0300Z-200207T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach 1206 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 28 min |
| Feb 5, 6:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 12:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 1:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 3:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 3:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 3:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 4:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 8:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Feb 6, 9:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 9:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Feb 6, 10:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 37 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:57 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 27 hr | |
| Feb 6, 12:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 18 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 10:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
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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.