Alert archive / Alabama / Freeze Watches in 2005
Freeze Watch 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this freeze watch at Nov 15, 2005, 3:29 PM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 16, 2005, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2005, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2005, 3:51 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Nov 15, 2:23 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:23 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 223 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. BACK TO OUR WEST, INTENSE SQUALL LINE DEVELOPING ACROSS ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO PUSH INTO WEST ALABAMA AROUND 9 PM TO 12 AM...ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND EXIT CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. 12Z MODEL RUNS BEGIN TO LIFT MOST OF THE DYNAMICS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AS THE LINE APPROACHES...LEAVING THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST COUNTIES THEN WEAKENING AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE COULD BE AN ISSUE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (HWOBMX) DETAILS ALL THIS INFORMATION VERY WELL. BEHIND THE FRONT FOLLOWS A MAJOR PUSH OF COLD WEATHER. STRONG ADVECTION PATTERN SHOULD KEEP WEDNESDAY (AFTERNOON) HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO MID 50S SOUTHEAST. SHOULD BE BREEZY AT TIMES TOO, MAKING IT FEEL EVEN COLDER. AREA-WIDE FREEZE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND A FREEZE WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS AFTERNOONS PACKAGE. THURSDAY LOOKS SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS AGAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. ANOTHER AREA-WIDE FREEZE BY FRIDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY - TUESDAY) NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP CENTRAL ALABAMA IN A BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50S WITH LOWS RANGING FROM UPPER 20S TO MID 30S. NO RAIN CHANCES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 46 51 25 51 / 100 40 0 0 ANNISTON 49 50 29 50 / 100 50 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 44 50 27 50 / 100 10 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 45 52 28 52 / 100 10 0 0 CALERA 47 52 29 52 / 100 10 0 0 AUBURN 55 55 30 55 / 80 50 0 0 MONTGOMERY 53 54 30 54 / 100 50 0 0 TROY 55 55 31 55 / 80 50 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL AREAS THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY. FREEZE WATCH ALL AREAS FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. && 88/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 12:59 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:17 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 51 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.