Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2020
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2020, 10:10 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2020, 10:10 PM CST (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2020, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
899 WWUS74 KMOB 210410 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1010 PM CST Thu Feb 20 2020 ALZ265-266-211215- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.200221T0410Z-200221T1500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach 1010 PM CST Thu Feb 20 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties, especially on Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan Peninsula. * WHEN...Until 9 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
649 WWUS74 KMOB 210920 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 320 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ALZ265-266-211500- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200221T1500Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach 320 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
790 WWUS74 KMOB 211427 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 827 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ALZ265-266-211600- /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200221T1600Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach 827 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * 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. && $$
760 WWUS74 KMOB 211608 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 1008 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ALZ265-266-211715- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200221T1600Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach 1008 AM CST Fri Feb 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Sustained winds and gusts have lowered below wind advisory criteria, therefore the advisory has been allowed to expire at 10 AM CST. $$
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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.