Alert archive / Alabama / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Nov 24, 2012, 3:38 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Nov 24, 2012, 11:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2012, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2012, 11:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2012, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 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 09:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751 WWUS74 KMOB 240938 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 338 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS... AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-242200- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0002.121125T0600Z-121125T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.121125T0500Z-121125T1300Z/ 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 338 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION... EXCEPT 33 TO 37 DEGREES IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE COAST. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS OR SHRUBS. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. && $$
2 follow-up statements
025 WWUS74 KMOB 241953 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 153 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-250400- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.121125T0500Z-121125T1300Z/ 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 153 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CST SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...EXCEPT 33 TO 37 DEGREES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS OR SHRUBS. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. && $$
676 WWUS74 KMOB 250328 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 928 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE TO IMPACT MOST OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW FREEZING OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-251300- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.121125T0500Z-121125T1300Z/ 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-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... LUVERNE...BRANTLEY...ATMORE...BREWTON...EAST BREWTON... ANDALUSIA...OPP...MOBILE...PRICHARD...SARALAND...BAY MINETTE... TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY... SPANISH FORT...CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...JAY...PACE... MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... WAYNESBORO...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE... MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 928 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS OF 25 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...EXCEPT 33 TO 37 DEGREES NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS OR SHRUBS. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ANIMALS WILL ALSO NEED EXTRA PROTECTION FROM THE COLD. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 5:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:30 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 24, 5:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2012Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.