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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Mobile, AL

February 20, 2020Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2020-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2020-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 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
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

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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.