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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Mobile, AL

March 23, 200810 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze watch at Mar 23, 2008, 3:21 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 25, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2008, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2008, 1:46 PM CDT
In force
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 20:26 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Mar 23, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 4:45 AM CDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more	26 hr
Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Alabama, 2008 Freeze Watches in Mississippi, 2008 Freeze Watches in Florida, 2008 Every freeze watch in 2008

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.