Alert archive / Alabama / Ice Storm Warnings in 2011
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this ice storm warning at Jan 9, 2011, 6:36 AM CST for 6 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 3:29 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2011, 6:36 AM CST (12:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2011, 3:29 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2011, 11:47 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 5:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Thomasville, AL | GLAZE OF ICE STARTING TO FORM ON CARS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. REPORT RELAYED BY CLARKE EMA. |
| Jan 9, 5:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Butler, AL | MODERATE AMOUNT OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN OBSERVED. AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS AND SOME ELEVATED SURFACES STARTING TO ICE OVER. |
| Jan 9, 8:23 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Waynesboro, MS | GLAZE OF ICE STARTING TO FORM ON CARS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. REPORT RELAYED BY WAYNE COUNTY 911. |
| Jan 9, 8:49 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Butler, AL | MODERATE AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN OBSERVED. GLAZE OF ICE ON CARS AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859 WWUS44 KMOB 091236 WSWMOB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 636 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM EXISTS SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE ALABAMA COAST. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE NORTH...OVERRUNNING A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR TO THE NORTH. MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENT REDUCING THE THREAT FOR SNOW. HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY COLD...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A JANICE MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA LINE. AS A RESULT...A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS WELL...BUT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. ALZ051-054-092045- /O.UPG.KMOB.WS.A.0001.110109T1800Z-110110T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.IS.W.0001.110110T0000Z-110110T1800Z/ CHOCTAW-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CAMDEN... PINE HILL 636 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD START OUT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN AS EARLY AS LATE THIS MORNING...BUT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION INTO PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO CAMDEN. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT A SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD FORM ON TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS MUCH AS ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SUCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO RESULT IN SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ ALZ052-053-055>058-060-MSZ067-075-076-092045- /O.UPG.KMOB.WS.A.0001.110109T1800Z-110110T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.110110T0000Z-110110T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-CLARKE-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-COVINGTON-WAYNE- PERRY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN... GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ANDALUSIA...OPP...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN 636 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD START OUT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE THIS MORNING OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...AND SPREADING PARTS OF EXTREME WESTERN INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST...AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 84 IN ALABAMA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION INTO PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO THE NORTH OF A LUVERNE ALABAMA TO WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI LINE...WITH FREEZING RAIN GRADUALLY DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...TO A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROUGHLY JANICE MISSISSIPPI AND ANDALUSIA ALABAMA. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE JANICE TO ANDALUSIA LINE SHOULD RECEIVE A COLD RAIN WITH A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA AT THIS TIME. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET EXPECTED TO BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH OVER THE ADVISED AREA. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT SOME ICING COULD FORM ON TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCRUAL CURRENTLY EXISTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE JANICE MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA LINE. TRYING TO PINPOINT THE EXACT AREA OF ICING REMAINS DIFFICULT...HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL EXIST AND PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF POWER AND ICY ROADS. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET OR SNOW IS EXPECTED...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON SIDEWALKS...GRASSY AREAS...AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
021 WWUS44 KMOB 092129 WSWMOB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 329 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... .A SURFACE LOW LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE ALABAMA COAST TONIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE NORTH...OVERRUNNING A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR TO THE NORTH. MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENT REDUCING THE THREAT FOR SNOW. HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY COLD...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A RICHTON MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA LINE. AS A RESULT...A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS WELL...BUT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. ALZ053-055-057-058-MSZ067-100600- /O.UPG.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.110110T0000Z-110110T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.IS.W.0001.110109T2129Z-110110T1500Z/ CLARKE-MONROE-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL... HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY... WAYNESBORO 329 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. WHILE SOME LIGHT SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE EAST AND TRANSITION INTO PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT TO THE NORTH OF A LUVERNE ALABAMA TO WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A WAYNESBORO...GROVE HILL...TO LUVERNE LINE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN ONE QUARTER INCH FROM BUTLER AND CAMDEN ALABAMA AND POINTS NORTH. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN WAYNE...CLARKE...AND MONROE COUNTIES...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS...AVERAGING AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SUCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO RESULT IN FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ ALZ051-054-100600- /O.EXT.KMOB.IS.W.0001.110109T2129Z-110110T1500Z/ CHOCTAW-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CAMDEN... PINE HILL 329 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. WHILE SOME LIGHT SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE EAST AND TRANSITION INTO PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT TO THE NORTH OF A LUVERNE ALABAMA TO WAYNESBORO MISSISSIPPI LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A WAYNESBORO...GROVE HILL...TO LUVERNE LINE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN ONE QUARTER INCH FROM BUTLER AND CAMDEN ALABAMA AND POINTS NORTH. THE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SUCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO RESULT IN FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ ALZ052-056-060-MSZ075-076-100600- /O.EXT.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.110109T2129Z-110110T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-CONECUH-COVINGTON-PERRY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...EVERGREEN... ANDALUSIA...OPP...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN 329 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD IN FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TONIGHT. AS THE RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A RICHTON MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA LINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE SHOULD RECEIVE PRIMARILY A COLD RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET MIXED IN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA AT THIS TIME. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TRACE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH..WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OCCURRING OVER NORTHER PERRY...GREENE...AND COVINGTON COUNTIES...AS WELL AS ACROSS WASHINGTON AND CONECUH COUNTIES. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT SOME LIGHT ICING COULD FORM ON TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE GREATEST ICING ACCUMULATION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AND PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POTENTIAL ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
476 WWUS44 KMOB 100436 WSWMOB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1036 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT ICING REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA... .POCKEST OF FREEZING RAIN AND OCCASIONAL SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. REPORTS OF ICING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY AND CLARKE COUNTY REPORTED ICY ROADS LATE THIS EVENING. THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY ICING IS LESSENING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS BUT REMAINS A THREAT OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF WILCOX...MONROE...BUTLER AND CRENSHAW. MSZ067-100545- /O.CAN.KMOB.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAYNESBORO 1036 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ MSZ075-076-100545- /O.CAN.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ PERRY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA... LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN 1036 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ ALZ051-053>055-057-058-101245- /O.CON.KMOB.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ CHOCTAW-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...JACKSON... THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD... MONROEVILLE...GREENVILLE...LUVERNE...BRANTLEY 1036 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ONE QUARTER INCH ROUGHLY FROM NORTHERN MONROE AND WILCOX COUNTY INTO NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY AND BUTLER COUNTIES. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CLARKE...AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS. THE ICE HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING ON TREES... POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SUCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO RESULT IN FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES. AS PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING...THE ICE WILL BEGIN TO MELT AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS MAY RESULT IN SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. && $$ ALZ052-056-060-101245- /O.CON.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-CONECUH-COVINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY...EVERGREEN... ANDALUSIA...OPP 1036 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. AN OCCASIONAL MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM THE WEST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND OVER THE EAST BY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING WILL MEAN SOME AREAS MAY SEE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL JUST REMAIN WET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TRACE TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH..WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD FORM ON TREES... POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE GREATEST ICING ACCUMULATION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AND PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POTENTIAL ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ANY ICE THAT FORMS WILL BEGIN TO MELT AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
069 WWUS44 KMOB 100547 WSWMOB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1147 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... .PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE MIXED WITH RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION HAS LESSENED AND THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALZ053>055-057-058-101200- /O.CAN.KMOB.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1200Z/ CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL... CAMDEN...PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY 1147 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN OCCASIONAL MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND OVER THE EAST BY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING WILL MEAN SOME AREAS MAY SEE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL JUST REMAIN WET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TRACE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH..WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD FORM ON TREES... POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE GREATEST ICING ACCUMULATION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AND PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ANY ICE THAT FORMS WILL BEGIN TO MELT AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ051-100700- /O.CAN.KMOB.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ CHOCTAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS 1147 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE RISK OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED...HOWEVER THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. $$ ALZ052-100700- /O.CAN.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1500Z/ WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM...MILLRY 1147 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE RISK OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT. NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ ALZ056-060-101200- /O.EXT.KMOB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110110T1200Z/ CONECUH-COVINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVERGREEN...ANDALUSIA...OPP 1147 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. AN OCCASIONAL MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING WILL MEAN SOME AREAS MAY SEE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHILE OTHER AREAS WILL JUST REMAIN WET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TRACE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH..WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD FORM ON TREES... POWER LINES...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE GREATEST ICING ACCUMULATION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AND PLANS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ANY ICE THAT FORMS WILL BEGIN TO MELT AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 9, 5:23 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 5:23 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
523 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP THIS
MORNING OFF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST AS A POTENT SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS SFC LOW WILL THEN TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...THE
LEADING EDGE OF AN ARCTIC AIRMASS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARD
THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIAL ROUND
OF SLEET AND FRZ RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS THE SFC
LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE
WARMER THAN THE NAM...BUT CONSIDERING THE SHALLOW NATURE OF THE
ARCTIC AIRMASS...WE WILL LEAN TOWARD THE NAM WITH ITS SUPERIOR
BOUNDARY LAYER RESOLUTION.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALL INDICATE THE PRECIP COULD START AS SLEET
ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF A JANICE
MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA ALABAMA LINE AS THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE VERY
DRY. THIS SHOULD BEGIN TO OCCUR OVER NORTHWESTERN ZONES LATE THIS
MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE TAKES ON A
NEGATIVE TILT TO OUR WEST AND WEAKENS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY...A STRONG SURGE OF WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL TAKE
PLACE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS IS REFLECTED ON THE FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AS A SIGNIFICANT WARM NOSE OF 3C TO 5C AROUND 850 MB.
MEANWHILE...SFC TEMPS WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW TONIGHT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW THE
RAIN THAT FALLS TO FREEZE ON CONTACT ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
BASED ON THIS AND ON SREF PROBABILITIES FOR FRZ RAIN HAVE DECIDED TO
UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR CHOCTAW
AND WILCOX COUNTIES. IT IS IN THESE AREAS THAT WE EXPECT THE HIGHEST
ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. THE REMAINDER OF THE PREVIOUS
WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE CHANGED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS
ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF INCH ARE EXPECTED.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT JUST A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN SFC TEMPS COULD
MAKE THIS A NON-EVENT OR A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM FOR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. A FEW MORE COUNTIES MAY BE ADDED TO THE ICE
STORM WARNING BASED ON 12Z MODEL DATA LATER TODAY. SOUTH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA ONLY A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED. ALL RESIDENTS IN THE
WARNING AND ADVISORY AREA ARE URGED TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE TRAVEL
PROBLEMS AND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION...
ESPECIALLY IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. STAY
TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO WARNING AND ADVISORY
AREAS.
THE STEEP PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SFC LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF AND HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH WILL CAUSE A STRONG EASTERLY FLOW
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST OVERNIGHT WHERE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR COASTAL
PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
TEMPERATURE FCST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS A BLEND OF MAV/MET
DATA...LEANING TOWARD THE COOLER MET SOLUTION. ALSO TRENDED TOWARD PREVIOUS
FCST NUMBERS...WHICH WERE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THIS MORNINGS
GUIDANCE.
13/JC...12/DS
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...SOME LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN OR LIGHT RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY...GRADUALLY
ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL ACCRUAL OF ICE EXPECTED ON
MONDAY. DRY BUT VERY COOL/COLD CONDITIONS THEN EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. CONTINUED TO LEAN TOWARD THE
COOLER MET MOS TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN TOWARD MAV MOS
GUIDANCE...WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR CONTINUITY WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 12/DS
&&
.AVIATION (09/12Z ISSUANCE)...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 10.00Z
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF MOVES EAST. AS
THIS LOW MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT...CIGS WILL LOWER ALONG
WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN. MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN -RA AND RA. 13/JC
&&
.MARINE...EASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE WITH
HIGHER GUSTS LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN
RESPONSE TO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF. HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM THROUGH LATE IN
THE WEEK. 13/JC
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...HIGHER HUMIDITIES TODAY AND MONDAY AS THE LOW
PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED PCPN MOVES TOWARD AND THEN ACROSS THE AREA.
HUMIDITIES MAY DROP BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DO SO FOR LONGER
THEN THREE HOURS...SO NO RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. RAIN
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST REGION BY LATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
PROVIDING FOR A WINTRY MIX OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG AND
GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...BUT WINDS DECREASING AND BECOMING
MORE WESTERLY ON MONDAY AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. 12/DS
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 44 38 43 33 / 50 80 20 10
PENSACOLA 47 44 48 34 / 30 80 20 10
DESTIN 47 44 45 35 / 20 80 40 10
EVERGREEN 40 31 38 29 / 30 90 20 10
WAYNESBORO 37 29 41 30 / 70 90 20 10
CAMDEN 37 29 37 30 / 40 90 30 10
CRESTVIEW 46 36 44 30 / 20 80 40 10
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CHOCTAW...AND WILCOX.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LOWER BALDWIN...AND LOWER MOBILE.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LOWER BALDWIN...AND LOWER MOBILE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CLARKE...CONECUH...COVINGTON...
CRENSHAW...MONROE...AND WASHINGTON.
FL...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...AND
COASTAL SANTA ROSA.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...AND COASTAL
SANTA ROSA.
MS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GREENE...PERRY...AND WAYNE.
GM...GALE WARNING FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY 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.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON SUNDAY 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, Jan 9, 6:00 AM CST, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-101200- 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- 600 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...ICE STORM WARNING STARTS AT 6 PM FOR CHOCTAW AND WILCOX COUNTIES... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTS AT 6 PM FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF THE ICE STORMS WARNING... ...GALE WARNING STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL ZONES STARTS AT NOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH STARTS 6 PM FROM MOBILE TO DESTIN... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF ON TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS TO THE COASTAL AREAS. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...POSSIBLY STARTING LATE THIS MORNING OVER THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY ALABAMA. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS NORTH OF A NEW AUGUSTA TO ANDALUSIA LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE ICE STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. ACROSS THE MARINE AREA...WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY AND INCREASE TO GALE FORCE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FEET. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER LEVELS ALONG THE BEACHES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS. THE AREAS MOST IMPACTED WILL BE FROM PENSACOLA BAY TO PASCAGOULA INCLUDING MOBILE BAY AND SURROUNDING TRIBUTARIES. DUE TO A LOW RANGE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE OR A NEAP TIDAL CYCLE PREDICATED FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MOST AREAS SHOULD EXPERIENCE ONLY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. AS THE SURFACE LOW APPROACHES...EASTERLY WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL ZONES FROM MOBILE TO DESTIN WILL INCREASE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE STRONGEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PRECIPITATION WILL CLEAR FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 40S ALLOWING ANY RESIDUAL ICE TO MELT. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY MID WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA FOR WINTER WEATHER REPORTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:23 AM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 23 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.