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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

November 5, 201010 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Nov 5, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Nov 6, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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: Nov 5, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 6, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 6, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 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 19:45 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 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 Nov 5, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 PM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010

.UPDATE...FORECAST ON TRACK. NO UPDATES NEEDED.

/16

&&

.AVIATION...(18Z ISSUANCE)VFR SKIES/VISBYS THROUGH THE FORECAST
UNDER MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS.

/16

&&

.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
     COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...
     UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.

FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
     AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 5 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
     AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND
     INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
     AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND
     WAYNE.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA
     MS OUT 20 NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA
     FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO
     PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 5:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 AM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-061200-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
530 AM CDT FRI NOV 5 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE
COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. THE COLDEST SPOTS WILL BE OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT OVER INLAND
AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	24 hr
Nov 5, 6:03 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MOB		32 hr
Nov 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MOB		29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2010 Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2010 Every freeze warning in 2010

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.