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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 19, 200911 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this frost advisory at Oct 19, 2009, 5:29 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 20, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2009, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 20, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Randolph County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Oct 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes before

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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.