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Fire Weather Watch 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 11, 2011

NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Jan 11, 2011, 3:29 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2011, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 12, 2011, 7:37 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Jan 11, 9:45 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 9:45 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 5:32 AM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
432 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2011

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-121200-
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-
432 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2011

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

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING COLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE LOWER
TO MID TWENTIES OVER INLAND AREAS WITH MID TO UPPER TWENTIES NEAR
THE COAST.  ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE LOCAL HARD FREEZE CRITERIA OF TWENTY DEGREES...RESIDENTS WILL
NEED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION
AND OTHER ITEMS VULNERABLE TO THE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

NORTHERLY WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL BECOME STRONG LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE OVER
INLAND AREAS.

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY
MORNING.  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WILDFIRES OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 10:06 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB63 hr
Jan 11, 3:29 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMOB27 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.