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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2020, 2:04 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2020, 2:04 PM CST (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2020, 3:11 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 20:07 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 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
502 WWUS74 KMOB 252004 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 204 PM CST Tue Feb 25 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-260400- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.200226T1800Z-200227T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright 204 PM CST Tue Feb 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to around 20 mph with frequent gusts up to around 30 mph expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From noon Wednesday to 6 AM CST Thursday. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
005 WWUS74 KMOB 260333 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 933 PM CST Tue Feb 25 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-261145- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.200226T1800Z-200227T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright 933 PM CST Tue Feb 25 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to around 20 mph with frequent gusts up to around 30 mph expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From noon Wednesday to 6 AM CST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
497 WWUS74 KMOB 261008 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Mobile AL 408 AM CST Wed Feb 26 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-262200- /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.200226T1800Z-200227T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright 408 AM CST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to around 20 mph with frequent gusts up to around 30 mph expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From noon Wednesday to 6 AM CST Thursday. * 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. && $$
889 WWUS74 KMOB 262111 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 311 PM CST Wed Feb 26 2020 ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-262215- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-200227T1200Z/ Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Coastal- Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal- Including the cities of Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright 311 PM CST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The wind advisory for coastal areas has been cancelled. Gusty winds up to 20 to 30 mph will be possible tonight, but expected to remain below wind advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:02 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Feb 24, 6:04 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Feb 25, 3:32 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 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.