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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 19, 20085 counties in Alabama; George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 19, 2008, 10:17 AM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2008, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2008, 1:24 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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 winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 19, 9:22 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 9:22 AM CST, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 7:40 AM CST, 2 hours 37 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
Jan 18, 9:35 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	10 hr
Jan 19, 4:01 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	29 hr
Jan 19, 7:18 AM CST	Snow Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	3 hr
Jan 19, 10:17 AM CST	Heavy Snow Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	3 hr
Jan 19, 1:36 PM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	15 hr
Jan 19, 2:52 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more	27 hr
Jan 19, 2:52 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Walton	49 hr

Nearby

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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.