Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT for 7 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2021, 6:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
753 WWUS74 KMOB 142029 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 329 PM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ALZ051-053>058-150000- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.210414T2029Z-210415T0000Z/ Choctaw-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Including the cities of Butler, Lisman, Silas, Grove Hill, Jackson, Thomasville, Camden, Pine Hill, Homewood, Monroeville, Evergreen, Greenville, Brantley, and Luverne 329 PM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph frequently gusting 30 to 45mph. * WHERE...Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler and Crenshaw Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
934 WWUS74 KMOB 142327 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mobile AL 627 PM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ALZ051-053>058-150030- /O.CAN.KMOB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210415T0000Z/ Choctaw-Clarke-Wilcox-Monroe-Conecuh-Butler-Crenshaw- Including the cities of Butler, Lisman, Silas, Grove Hill, Jackson, Thomasville, Camden, Pine Hill, Homewood, Monroeville, Evergreen, Greenville, Brantley, and Luverne 627 PM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Wind speeds have diminished. The Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. $$ ALZ059-261>266-FLZ201>204-MSZ078-079-150300- /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0007.210414T2327Z-210415T0300Z/ Escambia-Mobile Inland-Baldwin Inland-Mobile Central- Baldwin Central-Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal-Escambia Inland- Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Inland-Santa Rosa 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, Jay, Milton, Bagdad, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Wiggins, and Lucedale 627 PM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Winds increasing to 15 to 25 mph, with frequent gusts of 35 to 45 mph. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida and southeast Mississippi, including Stone, George, Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia Alabama, Escambia Florida, and Santa Rosa counties. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:39 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Apr 13, 11:31 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 4:27 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 days |
| Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Apr 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Apr 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 6 hr | |
| Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min |
Nearby
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.