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Winter Weather Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 20118 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 9, 2011, 6:36 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 3:29 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

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 10, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory 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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 6:36 AM CSTIce Storm WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox17 hr
Jan 9, 9:23 AM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOB21 hr
Jan 9, 10:24 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB23 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Alabama, 2011Winter Weather Advisories in Mississippi, 2011Every winter weather advisory in 2011

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.