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Freeze Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

December 6, 20065 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Dec 6, 2006, 8:55 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 8, 2006, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2006, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2006, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 8, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KMOB 070255
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
855 PM CST WED DEC 6 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE AREA...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY...
BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND COOLER AIR TO THE AREA. ANOTHER SURGE OF
COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY EVENING...BRINGING A HARD FREEZE TO
MOST OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM CRESTVIEW
FLORIDA TO MOBILE ALABAMA...A FEW POCKETS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL
LIKELY BE FELT OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN OKALOOSA AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES. 

FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES...
WHICH SEEN LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES GENERALLY OCCUR FROM NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
ACROSS WASHINGTON AND INTO CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES...WITH ANOTHER
POCKET OF COLD AIR FROM BREWTON TO CRESTVIEW TO CENTRAL ESCAMBIA
COUNTY FLORIDA. MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM COLDER
WITH WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. ANOTHER VERY COLD
NIGHT EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY EVEN COLDER OVER THE EASTERN
SECTIONS... BUT WITH LESS WIND...WHICH WILL MAKE FOR MORE VARIABILITY
IN SATURDAY MORNING LOWS.

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071045-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
833 PM CST WED DEC 6 2006

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ENSURE ADEQUATE
INSULATION IS IN PLACE...AS WELL AS MAKING PLANS TO MOVE PETS AND
COLD SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. ENSURE VEHICLES AND STATIONARY
ENGINES SUCH AS AUTOMATIC GENERATORS HAVE ADEQUATE ANTIFREEZE.

CHECK YOUR HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND
SMOKE DETECTORS. ALSO CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
ENSURING THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. ENSURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURES DIPPING 
TO 26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL 
KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 
$$
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMOB 071035
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
435 AM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE
INLAND AREAS...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND
COOLER AIR TO THE AREA. ANOTHER SURGE OF COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW
TONIGHT...BRINGING A HARD FREEZE TO MOST OF THE INLAND AREAS AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF FRIDAY MORNING. THE HARD
FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM
MOBILE TO CRESTVIEW.  A FEW POCKETS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL
LIKELY BE FELT OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN OKALOOSA AND BALDWIN
COUNTIES.

FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE SIMILAR TO TUESDAY MORNING LOW
TEMPERATURES...WHICH SAW LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
AREAS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES GENERALLY OCCUR FROM NORTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTY ACROSS WASHINGTON AND INTO CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES...WITH
ANOTHER POCKET OF COLD AIR FROM BREWTON TO CRESTVIEW TO CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM
COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. ANOTHER
VERY COLD NIGHT EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SEVERAL INLAND LOCATIONS
LIKELY REPORTING UPPER TEENS FOR LOWS BY SATURDAY MORNING.

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071845-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
435 AM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ENSURE ADEQUATE
INSULATION IS IN PLACE...AS WELL AS MAKING PLANS TO MOVE PETS AND
COLD SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. ENSURE VEHICLES AND
STATIONARY ENGINES SUCH AS AUTOMATIC GENERATORS HAVE ADEQUATE
ANTIFREEZE.

CHECK YOUR HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND
SMOKE DETECTORS. ALSO CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
ENSURING THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. ENSURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN
GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURES DIPPING
TO 26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMOB 071820
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE
INLAND AREAS...
...A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOR ALL 
AREAS INCLUDING MUCH OF THE COASTAL REGION...

.A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION TODAY WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND 
COLD AIR INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER SURGE OF EVEN COLDER AIR WILL 
FOLLOW TONIGHT...BRINGING A HARD FREEZE TO MOST OF THE INLAND AREAS 
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WILL BE SIMILAR TO 
WHAT HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING. COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY 
OCCUR FROM NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY ACROSS WASHINGTON AND INTO 
CHOCTAW AND WAYNE COUNTIES...WITH ANOTHER POCKET OF COLD AIR FROM 
BREWTON TO CRESTVIEW TO CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. MODERATE 
NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS 
BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST 
MISSISSIPPI AND INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST 
FLORIDA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM MOBILE TO CRESTVIEW. A 
FEW POCKETS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE FELT OVER THE 
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN OKALOOSA AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.

SATURDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE SIMILAR EXCEPT THAT THESE CONDITIONS 
WILL BE FELT WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF THE SHORELINE. ANOTHER VERY 
COLD NIGHT WILL PASS FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME NORTHERN LOCATIONS 
LIKELY HAVING MID TO UPPER TEENS FOR LOWS BY SATURDAY MORNING.

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-080100-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
1230 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...HARD FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM 
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ENSURE ADEQUATE
INSULATION IS IN PLACE...AS WELL AS MAKING PLANS TO MOVE PETS AND
COLD SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. ENSURE VEHICLES AND
STATIONARY ENGINES SUCH AS AUTOMATIC GENERATORS HAVE ADEQUATE
ANTIFREEZE.

CHECK YOUR HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND
SMOKE DETECTORS. ALSO CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
ENSURING THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. ENSURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN
GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING 26 
DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY 
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE 
VEGETATION.

$$

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-080100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0009.061209T0600Z-061209T1500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...
BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...
PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
1230 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ENSURE ADEQUATE
INSULATION IS IN PLACE...AS WELL AS MAKING PLANS TO MOVE PETS AND
COLD SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. ENSURE VEHICLES AND STATIONARY
ENGINES SUCH AS AUTOMATIC GENERATORS HAVE ADEQUATE ANTIFREEZE.

CHECK YOUR HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND
SMOKE DETECTORS. ALSO CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
ENSURING THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. ENSURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN
GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING 26 
DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY 
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE 
VEGETATION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMOB 080058
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
700 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE AREA 
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN 
A HARD FREEZE ACROSS MOST OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... 
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE WEST FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO 
SATURDAY MORNING THAT SHOULD EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO WITHIN A FEW 
MILES OF THE BEACHES. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 32 DEGREES ARE 
EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES BY SATURDAY MORNING.  

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-080900-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
700 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM 
CST FRIDAY MORNING...
...A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 
NIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST TONIGHT. A 
HARD FREEZE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 
9 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. 

A SURGE OF COLDER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS 
EVENING...BRINGING TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING OVER THE NORTHERN 
HALF OF THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND TO NEAR INTERSTATE 10 BY 2 AM.  
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY OCCUR FROM NORTHERN BALDWIN 
COUNTY ACROSS WASHINGTON AND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THEN EAST 
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84....WITH ANOTHER POCKET OF COLD AIR 
FROM BREWTON TO CRESTVIEW TO CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. VERY 
COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SATURDAY 
MORNING LOWS DIPPING INTO THE TEENS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH 
OF INTERSTATE 10. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE LOWS IN BETWEEN 
20 AND 25. 

MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM EVEN COLDER BY SUNRISE WITH 
WIND CHILLS INTO THE TEENS.  CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE 
INSULATION...MOVE PETS AND COLD SENSITIVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. 
CHECK VEHICLES FOR ADEQUATE ANTIFREEZE. CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS 
AND RELATIVES. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND 
PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONSIDER PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-080900-
/O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0009.061209T0600Z-061209T1500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...
BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...
PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
700 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 
NIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. 

COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SINK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND AFTER A 
COLD BLUSTERY DAY ON FRIDAY...SATURDAY MORNING LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO 
DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S WITHIN A FEW MILES NORTH OF THE 
COAST...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST BELOW 32 DEGREES ALONG 
THE BEACHES.

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE INSULATION 
AND BRINGING OR PROTECTING TROPICAL AND OTHER COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS. 

CHECK YOUR HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND SMOKE 
DETECTORS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND 
PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES AND ORCHARDS MAY 
NEED TO BE TAKEN.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMOB 081119
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
519 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM FOR THE INLAND
COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTH ALABAMA THROUGH 9 AM THIS 
MORNING...

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL INLAND
AREAS TO JUST NORTH OF THE COAST FOR TONIGHT...

.VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA TODAY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S THIS MORNING FOR AREAS NORTH OF
A LINE FROM WIGGINS...TO MOBILE...TO CRESTVIEW. VERY COLD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT WITH READING DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS
OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR
SOUTH ALABAMA. LOWER TO MID 20S ARE EXPECTED JUST NORTH OF THE COAST
WITH UPPER 20S ALONG THE BEACHES. THIS CONSTITUTES A HARD FREEZE FOR
THE INLAND AREAS TONIGHT. 

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-081500-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
519 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.
A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9
AM CST SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S WILL SLOWLY WARM INTO THE
MIDDLE 30S BY 10 AM. MODERATE NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM EVEN
COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS. 

FOR TONIGHT...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO
THE UPPER TEENS FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
WIGGINS...TO MOBILE...TO CRESTVIEW BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. LOWER TO
MIDDLE 20S ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF THE COAST. 

CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE INSULATION...MOVE PETS INDOORS.
CHECK VEHICLES FOR ADEQUATE ANTIFREEZE. CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS
AND RELATIVES. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND
PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-081500-
/O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0009.061209T0600Z-061209T1500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...
BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...
PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
519 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY FOR THE INLAND AREAS TO JUST NORTH OF THE COAST. 

COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SINK INTO THE REGION TODAY...WITH WIND
CHILL VALUES IN THE LOWER 20S THIS MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED
TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S WITHIN A FEW MILES NORTH OF THE
COAST...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES ALONG THE BEACHES.

CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE INSULATION. CHECK YOUR HOME
HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND SMOKE DETECTORS. MAKE
SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. 

PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES AND ORCHARDS MAY
NEED TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMOB 081529
NPWMOB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
925 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL AREAS 
EXCEPT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...

.VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA TODAY.   
VERY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AGAIN 
TONIGHT...WITH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS OVER THE 
INTERIOR COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTERIOR SOUTH 
ALABAMA. LOWER TO MID 20S ARE EXPECTED SOUTHWARD ALL THE WAY TO JUST 
NORTH OF THE COAST...WITH UPPER 20S EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE 
BEACHES. THIS CONSTITUTES A HARD FREEZE FOR ALL INTERIOR AREAS 
TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 26 DEGREES OR LESS 
FOR AT LEAST 5 HOURS. 

ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-082315-
/O.EXP.KMOB.FZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-061208T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0009.061209T0600Z-061209T1500Z/
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM...
MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...
PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE...
LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON...
ANDALUSIA...OPP...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE...CENTURY...
FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...
BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...
LUCEDALE
925 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS EXPIRED...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 
9 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS 
TEMPERATES ARE GRADUALLY RISING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. A HARD 
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FROM MIDNIGHT TO 9 AM 
CST SATURDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE AREA THIS 
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WARM TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON 
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 40S. A  MODERATE 
NORTH WIND WILL MAKE IT SEEM COLDER HOWEVER...WITH WIND CHILLS 
REMAINING IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY.
 
FOR TONIGHT...A HARD FREEZE IS AGAIN LIKELY...WITH TEMPERATURES 
DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS FOR MANY INTERIOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A 
LINE FROM WIGGINS...TO MOBILE...TO CRESTVIEW BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. 
LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST. 

CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE INSULATION...MOVE PETS
INDOORS. CHECK VEHICLES FOR ADEQUATE ANTIFREEZE. CHECK ON ELDERLY
NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER AND PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES...ORCHARDS...AND MACHINERY FOR THESE
UNUSUALLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-082315-
/O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0009.061209T0600Z-061209T1500Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...
FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA...FERRY PASS...
BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...
PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT...FORT WALTON BEACH...
NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB...VALPARAISO
925 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM 
CST SATURDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST 
SATURDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE AREA THIS 
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WARM TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON 
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 40S. A  MODERATE 
NORTH WIND WILL MAKE IT SEEM COLDER HOWEVER...WITH WIND CHILLS 
REMAINING IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY.

FOR TONIGHT...A HARD FREEZE IS AGAIN LIKELY...WITH TEMPERATURES 
DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE 20S OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS...WITH UPPER 20S 
EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE BEACH FRONT.

CHECK EXPOSED WATER PIPES FOR ADEQUATE INSULATION. CHECK YOUR
HOME HEATING SYSTEM AS WELL AS CARBON MONOXIDE AND SMOKE
DETECTORS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND
PLACED AWAY FROM COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS.

PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR LIVESTOCK...GREENHOUSES AND ORCHARDS MAY
NEED TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS LOCALLY DEFINED AS TEMPERATURE REACHING
26 DEGREES OR LESS FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS BEING IMMINENT OR HIGHLY
LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL MOST CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Dec 6, 3:58 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:58 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
358 PM CST WED DEC 6 2006

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...A WEAK TRAILING FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.  PATCHY MID AND UPPER LEVEL
OVERRUNNING CLOUDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
THEN SHIFT EAST AS THE STRONG 500 MB TROF SWINGS INTO THE SOUTHEAST
STATES THEN MOVES TO THE EAST COAST THURSDAY NIGHT.  MAY SEE A FEW
ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.  MEANWHILE A STRONG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS ON
THURSDAY...THEN ANOTHER DRAMATIC COOL DOWN FOLLOWS FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE TWENTIES ACROSS THE AREA.
DAYTIME HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL REACH 50 OR SO ONLY NEAR THE COAST AND
WITH WINDS SUBSIDING OVER THE INLAND AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER
COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA.  A HARD FREEZE MAY OCCUR FRIDAY
NIGHT BUT THIS IS THE FIFTH PERIOD SO WILL LEAVE TO SUBSEQUENT
SHIFTS TO REASSESS.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL ON
SATURDAY BUT THEN BEGIN A MODERATING PERIOD WHICH CONTINUES FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NEXT WEEK. /29

&&

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...TEMPERATURES WARM TO ABOVE
SEASONABLE LEVELS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  A SHORTWAVE SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY SUPPORTING JUST SMALL POPS.  A LONGWAVE
SYSTEM ADVANCES FROM THE WESTERN STATES AND MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON TUESDAY THEN EJECTS OFF TO THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY.
SMALL POPS RETURN TO THE AREA FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. /29

&&

.MARINE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE THE COASTAL
WATERS EARLY ON THURSDAY. A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SEAS WILL
FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT THROUGH FRIDAY. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE
ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS FORECAST PACKAGE FOR THE
ENTIRE MARINE AREA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THAT
MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED. AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF THE
EAST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND...WIND FLOW WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY.
/13 /04

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...APPEARS THAT THE DURATION OF THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL JUST BARELY JUSTIFY A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON THURSDAY.  MUCH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN
THE TEENS WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY SO ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH.
SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS MAY ALSO NEED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY AS
WELL. /29

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE      39  59  23  48 /  10  10  05  00
PENSACOLA   43  59  28  51 /  20  20  05  00
DESTIN      45  58  32  51 /  20  20  05  00
EVERGREEN   34  55  20  50 /  10  10  05  00
WAYNESBORO  36  56  20  48 /  05  05  05  00
CAMDEN      34  57  21  49 /  05  05  05  00

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 5 PM THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA...AND
     COASTAL WALTON.
     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ESCAMBIA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA...AND
     COASTAL WALTON.

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 3 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS OUT 60 NM...AND MOBILE BAY.

&&

29 EVERSOLE
13 CULLEN
04 CACERES
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 5:30 AM CST, 15 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CST WED DEC 6 2006

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-
071100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
MOBILE BAY-BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-
CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-
GEORGE-GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX-
530 AM CST WED DEC 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS LIMITED WITH NO RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS AND HAZARDOUS SEAS CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AS FAR SOUTH AS
THE GULF COAST.  A HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MANY INLAND
LOCATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 12:30 PM CSTFreeze WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne45 hr
Dec 7, 3:27 PM CSTFire Weather WatchMOBWalton14 hr
Dec 7, 3:27 PM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBWalton27 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2006Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2006Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2006Every freeze warning in 2006

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.