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Hard Freeze Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

January 7, 201010 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 7, 2010, 2:13 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 8, 2010, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 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
Jan 7, 2010, 2:13 PM CST (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2010, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 9, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
In force
14 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 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jan 7, 7:14 AM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 7:14 AM CST, 6 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 6:30 AM CST, 7 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 AM CST THU JAN 7 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-081200-
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-
630 AM CST THU JAN 7 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE GULF COAST
TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...CLOUD COVER WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
AND KEEP THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A MIXTURE OF
A COLD RAIN...BECOMING MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THE
DAY OVER THE FAR NORTHERN TIER OF ZONES. ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT
SLEET UPWARDS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH AND LIGHT SNOWS BETWEEN A
HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT ALONG A LINE...FROM WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI TO
CAMDEN...EASTWARD TO LUVERNE ALABAMA.

FURTHER SOUTH...A COLD RAIN TODAY...MAY DEVELOP INTO SOME LIGHT
SLEET AND SNOW BY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE AIRMASS BEGINS TO DRY OUT.
LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST OVER THE GULF COAST.

ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY
MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES PLUNGING TO WELL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK
WILL INCREASE DRIVING HAZARDS DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ICY SLICK
SPOTS FORMING ON AREA ROADS.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT OVER
THE MARINE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FALL OFF TO CRITICAL LEVELS...INCREASING THE
RISK OF WILDFIRE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED RESULTING IN HARD FREEZING
CONDITIONS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNINGS. DANGEROUS WINDCHILL
VALUES FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS WILL BE LIKELY FOR MOST
AREAS.

HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS...WITH A PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHERLY
FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 5:23 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more13 hr
Jan 7, 5:45 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more8 hr
Jan 7, 6:12 AM CSTGale WatchMOB8 hr
Jan 7, 1:53 PM CSTGale WarningMOB20 hr
Jan 7, 6:36 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOB24 hr
Jan 7, 6:36 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOB32 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2010Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2010Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2010Every hard 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.