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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 2, 201110 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 2:40 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2011, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 3, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 24 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 20:43 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 Feb 2, 5:10 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 5:10 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 2, 12:07 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 6:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		45 min
Feb 1, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	52 min
Feb 1, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		50 min
Feb 1, 7:48 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
Feb 1, 8:51 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 1, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	52 min

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Alabama, 2011 Winter Weather Advisories in Mississippi, 2011 Every 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.