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Hard Freeze Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

February 3, 20099 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Feb 3, 2009, 4:11 AM CST for 9 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 4, 2009, 1:00 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
Feb 3, 2009, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2009, 1:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2009, 8:00 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, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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 hard 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 hard freeze warning went out at Feb 2, 3:23 PM CST, 12 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:23 PM CST, 12 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 4:11 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more24 hr
Feb 3, 5:53 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more24 hr
Feb 3, 5:53 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more60 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2009Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2009Every hard freeze warning in 2009

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.