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Fire Weather Watch 6, NWS Mobile, AL

January 12, 201110 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this fire weather watch at Jan 12, 2011, 5:46 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 14, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2011, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 14, 2011, 6:29 AM CST
In force
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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 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 12, 5:30 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 5:30 PM CST, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 4:16 AM CST, 13 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
416 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-131200-
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-
416 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE
REGION THROUGH TONIGHT MAKING FOR COLD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER
TEENS WELL INLAND TO THE LOWER TO MID TWENTIES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.  A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA EXCEPT FOR THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT.  WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING.  A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA 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 THURSDAY.

.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 12, 3:02 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more25 hr
Jan 12, 3:02 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more29 hr
Jan 12, 6:37 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMOB34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.