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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Mobile, AL

November 22, 2021Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Nov 22, 2021, 5:53 AM CST for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It took effect at Nov 22, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2021, 5:53 AM CST (11:53 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 22, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Nov 22, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 7 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 11:56 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, 11.9 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

973 
WWUS74 KMOB 221153
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
553 AM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-222000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0020.211122T1800Z-211123T0900Z/
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
553 AM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 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 today to 3 AM CST Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

401 
WWUS74 KMOB 222059
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
259 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230500-
/O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-211123T0900Z/
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
259 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Baldwin Coastal and Mobile Coastal 
  Counties. In Florida, Santa Rosa Coastal, Okaloosa Coastal and 
  Escambia Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...Until 3 AM CST Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$

776 
WWUS74 KMOB 230100
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
700 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-230200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-211123T0900Z/
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
700 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 21, 11:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	5 hr
Nov 21, 11:58 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		5 hr
Nov 22, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Nov 22, 3:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Nov 22, 3:29 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		16 hr
Nov 22, 3:29 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		35 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.