Alert archive / Alabama / High Wind Warnings in 2021
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this high wind warning at Apr 13, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2021, 8:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | 1 Wnw Mobile Regional A, AL | ASOS STATION KMOB MOBILE BATES FIELD AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH. |
| Apr 13, 6:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 41 | Brookley Field Asos, AL | ASOS STATION KBFM MOBILE BROOKLEY AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 41 MPH. |
| Apr 13, 7:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | 2 Nnw Brent, FL | MESONET STATION 0402W 2.3 N BRENT (WEATHERSTEM) MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH. |
| Apr 13, 7:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 1 Nne Pensacola Interna, FL | ASOS STATION KPNS PENSACOLA MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 46 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
795 WWUS74 KMOB 132309 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 609 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021 ALZ059-261>266-FLZ201-202-MSZ078-079-140200- /O.NEW.KMOB.HW.W.0001.210413T2309Z-210414T0200Z/ Escambia-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Stone-George- Including the cities of Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton, Citronelle, Saraland, Stockton, 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, Wiggins, and Lucedale 609 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High winds of 40 to 60 mph will persist through early this evening in the wake of a dissipating band of showers and thunderstorms. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi, including Escambia Florida, Escambia Alabama, Baldwin, Mobile, George, and Stone counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages can be expected with the strongest winds. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
1 follow-up statement
604 WWUS74 KMOB 140151 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 851 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021 ALZ059-261>266-FLZ201-202-MSZ078-079-140300- /O.CAN.KMOB.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210414T0200Z/ Escambia-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Stone-George- Including the cities of Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton, Citronelle, Saraland, Stockton, Mobile, Prichard, Theodore, Bay Minette, Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Spanish Fort, Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Grand Bay, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Century, Molino, Walnut Hill, Beulah, Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, Wiggins, and Lucedale 851 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... Area surface observations indicate that winds have diminished across the warning area. A few brief gusts around 30 mph may persist for another hour or so near the southwest Alabama and western Florida panhandle coast, but the threat of higher and more significant gusts has ended. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 55 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 81 min | |
| Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Alabama, 2021High Wind Warnings in Mississippi, 2021High Wind Warnings in Florida, 2021Every high wind warning in 2021
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.