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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Mobile, AL

August 16, 2021Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Aug 16, 2021, 3:57 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2021, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 368 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

693 
WWUS74 KMOB 162057
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
357 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

ALZ057-058-FLZ202>204-162200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-210817T0700Z/
Butler-Crenshaw-Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-
Santa Rosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Greenville, Brantley, Luverne, Beulah, 
Ensley, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Bay, 
Jay, Milton, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, and Navarre
357 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind speeds are not expected to be sufficient to warrant
continuation of the advisory.

$$

FLZ206-170300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0016.210816T2057Z-210817T0300Z/
Okaloosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, 
Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright
357 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* WHERE...Okaloosa Coastal County.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.

* 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
809 
WWUS74 KMOB 170300
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1000 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

FLZ206-170400-
/O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-210817T0300Z/
Okaloosa Coastal-
Including the cities of Destin, Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, 
Niceville, Seminole, Valparaiso, and Wright
1000 PM CDT Mon Aug 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Sustained winds have decreased to below 15 mph, and wind gusts are
no higher than around 20 knots. Therefore, the Wind Advisory was
allowed to expire at 10 PM.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 10:17 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa18 hr
Aug 16, 7:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBOkaloosa13 hr
Aug 16, 3:56 PM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 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.