Alert archive / Alabama / Hard Freeze Warnings in 2012
Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Feb 11, 2012, 4:30 AM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 12:00 AM 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
- Feb 11, 2012, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2012, 7:37 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 10:30 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, 10.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506 WWUS74 KMOB 111030 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 430 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A VERY STRONG ARCTIC RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS LIKELY TODAY. TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES PLUMMET...WITH LOWS DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 20S. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111830- /O.UPG.KMOB.HZ.A.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.120211T1700Z-120211T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 430 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH BETWEEN 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 OR POSSIBLY BELOW 20. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...NEAR 20 OR POSSIBLY BELOW 20 TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 20 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. OPEN THE FAUCET SLIGHTLY FOR A SMALL STREAM OF WATER OVERNIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTERIOR OPEN AIR PIPING. DAMAGE LIKELY TO ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES ON THE COLD WEATHER. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-111830- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.120211T1700Z-120211T2300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT... FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... VALPARAISO 430 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH BETWEEN 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
941 WWUS74 KMOB 111248 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 648 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A VERY STRONG ARCTIC RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS LIKELY TODAY. TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES PLUMMET...WITH LOWS DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 20S. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-112100- /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.120211T1400Z-120211T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 648 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TEMPERATURES NEAR 20 OR POSSIBLY BELOW 20. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...NEAR 20 OR POSSIBLY BELOW 20 TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 20 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. OPEN THE FAUCET SLIGHTLY FOR A SMALL STREAM OF WATER OVERNIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTERIOR OPEN AIR PIPING. DAMAGE LIKELY TO ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES ON THE COLD WEATHER. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-112100- /O.EXT.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.120211T1400Z-120211T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 648 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
838 WWUS74 KMOB 112136 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 336 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .A VERY STRONG ARCTIC RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AND STEADILY...WITH LOWS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 20S AREA WIDE...WITH A FEW UPPER TEENS IN THE NORTHWEST AS WELL AS AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE NORMALLY COLDER THAN MOST SURROUNDING AREAS. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120545- /O.CON.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T2300Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 336 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWER 20S OVER ENTIRE REGION...SOME UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST AS WELL AS AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE NORMALLY COLDER THAN MOST SURROUNDING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 20 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. OPEN THE FAUCET SLIGHTLY FOR A SMALL STREAM OF WATER OVERNIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTERIOR OPEN AIR PIPING. DAMAGE LIKELY TO ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES ON THE COLD WEATHER. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-120545- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T2300Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 336 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING... WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING. * WINDS...20 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH LIKELY. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMOB 112315 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 515 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AND STEADILY TONIGHT...WITH LOWS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE TWENTIES AREA WIDE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS WELL INLAND AND OTHER NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER TWENTIES FOR MOST OF THE AREA. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-120715- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 515 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWER TWENTIES OVER ENTIRE REGION...SOME UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE WELL INLAND AND AT OTHER NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. OPEN THE FAUCET SLIGHTLY FOR A SMALL STREAM OF WATER OVERNIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTERIOR OPEN AIR PIPING. DAMAGE LIKELY TO ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES ON THE COLD WEATHER. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 20 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-120715- /O.EXP.KMOB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 515 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING... BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. && $$
229 WWUS74 KMOB 120551 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1151 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TWENTIES AREA WIDE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS WELL INLAND AND OTHER NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS POSSIBLY DIPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER TWENTIES FOR MOST OF THE AREA. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121400- /O.CON.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1151 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWER TWENTIES OVER ENTIRE REGION...SOME UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE WELL INLAND AND AT OTHER NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. OPEN THE FAUCET SLIGHTLY FOR A SMALL STREAM OF WATER OVERNIGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTERIOR OPEN AIR PIPING. DAMAGE LIKELY TO ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS FOR CONTINUING UPDATES ON THE COLD WEATHER. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES 20 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. && $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-121400- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.120212T0600Z-120212T1400Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...FERRY PASS...BRENT... WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY...MYRTLE GROVE...PACE... MILTON...WRIGHT...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB 1151 PM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 8 AM CST SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER TWENTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS CAN DAMAGE ANY EARLY NEW GROWTH OF SENSITIVE VEGETATION LEFT UNPROTECTED. DURING THIS PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER...CHECK ON ELDERLY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT. OUTDOOR PETS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ADEQUATE WARMTH. AREA SHELTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH THEIR HEATING SYSTEMS...AND MAKE SURE TO UTILIZE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN ENCLOSED SPACES. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH PORTABLE SPACE HEATERS. MAKE SURE SPACE HEATERS ARE NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ARE NOT USED NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS SUCH AS CURTAINS OR BED COVERINGS. && $$
634 WWUS74 KMOB 121337 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 737 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNINGS CANCELLED... .LOW TEMPERATURES HAVE DIPPED INTO THE MID 20S OVER THE INTERIOR THIS MORNING AT DAYBREAK. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO LIFT INTO THE MID 30S THROUGH MID MORNING. ALZ051>062-FLZ001-003-005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121445- /O.CAN.KMOB.HZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120212T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA- INLAND SANTA ROSA-INLAND 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... CENTURY...FLOMATON...MOLINO...JAY...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO... RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN... WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 737 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE HARD FREEZE WARNING. LOW TEMPERATURES HAVE DIPPED INTO THE MID 20S THIS MORNING AT DAYBREAK. THE RISK OF A HARD FREEZE HAS ENDED AND THE HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-121445- /O.CAN.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120212T1400Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE... DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT...PENSACOLA... FERRY PASS...BRENT...WEST PENSACOLA...BELLVIEW...ENSLEY... MYRTLE GROVE...PACE...MILTON...GULF BREEZE...WRIGHT... FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...DESTIN...SEMINOLE...EGLIN AFB... VALPARAISO 737 AM CST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hard freeze 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 hard freeze warning went out at Feb 10, 11:30 PM CST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:30 PM CST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE TO AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1130 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012
.AVIATION (06Z ISSUANCE)...MVFR DROPPING TO IFR AT TIMES
EXPECTED...MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST AS COLDER AIR SURGES SOUTH
OVER THE AREA. SKIES EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT CLOSE TO SUNRISE...WITH A
STRONG NORTHERLY WIND EXPECTED OVER THE AREA SATURDAY.
/16
&&
** PREVIOUS DISCUSSION **
.SHORT TERM [TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT]...UPPER AIR SHOWS EDDY
KINETIC ENERGY DIVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS WITH INCREASING
SOUTHWEST JET STREAM STRENGTH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THAT WILL
KEEP THE CLOUD COVER OVERCAST THIS EVENING. THE INCREASED UPPER WIND
HAS BROUGHT IN DYNAMICALLY INDUCED LIFTING BRINGING HIGH COVERAGE OF
LIGHT RAIN THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL
WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...AND MUCH WOULD BE
STARTING AS VIRGA GIVEN THE PLACEMENT OF FEATURES. EXPECTING THIS
RAIN SITUATION TO AFFECT PARADES IN VARIOUS AREA VENUES FOR MARDI
GRAS...BUT CLEARING AS EARLY AS 9 PM IN MOBILE...MIDNIGHT FOR
POINTS EAST.
A COLD FRONT WAS FOUND IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH A REINFORCING COLD
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH BEHIND IT MOVING
INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH OVERNIGHT
CLEARING US BY SATURDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE THE AXIS OF THE LARGE
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST SATURDAY WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST
COAST INTO WESTLANT SUNDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. VERY STRONG SURFACE HIGH WILL LINE UP OVER THE
SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND REINFORCING THE COLD ADVECTION
OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURE WILL DESCEND WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF
20 NORTH OF I-10, WITH SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE. IF THIS IS
CONSIDERED AS IRONCLAD MOS CALCULATION THEN AS ADVECTIVE PROCESSES
SHUT DOWN PERHAPS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY IT GIVES RISE TO THINKING OF EVEN
COLDER TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY THE MOS
CALCULATES THEY WOULD REBOUND, BUT THE MOS REGRESSION EQUATION MAY
BE PICKING UP THE GROUND TEMPERATURE PREDICTOR AT LEAST IN THOSE
LOCATIONS WITH A LONGER CLIMATOLOGICAL HISTORY. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT
GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO THE MOS DERIVED MINIMA MONDAY MORNING UNTIL
A SOME SORT OF MODEL TREND CAN BE SEEN. AND WE MAY INDEED SEE IT.
IN ANY CASE...DUE TO LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S BEING POSTED FOR INLAND
AREAS THE LAST COUPLE OF RUNS...IT ENTAILS A SUFFICIENT RISK OF
REACHING HARD FREEZE CRITERIA SUNDAY MORNING OR FORECASTING SAME
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THAT TIME. AS FOR THE BEACHES AND COASTAL
REGION...A SIMPLE FREEZE WATCH WE BELIEVE IS IN ORDER. THE REASON
FOR THIS IS THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO THE GROWING SEASON AGAIN AND WE
HAVE NOT HAD TEMPERATURES THIS COLD ALL WINTER ALONG THE
COAST...ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN SUBFREEZING AROUND CHRISTMASTIME. WE
ARE MITIGATING/ADJUSTING THE LOW MOS NUMBERS ALONG THE BEACH BECAUSE
WE EXPECT A GRAVITY CURRENT TO BE INDUCED AS IT FREQUENTLY IS IN
SUCH SITUATIONS. THE AIR SHOULD BE MORE DEEPLY MIXED IN THE SURFACE
LAYER IF NOT THE BOUNDARY LAYER MEANING THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE
WOULD BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS 2 DEGREES OR SO
LOWER THAN THE PHYSICAL GFS AND ABOUT 2 OR 3 HIGHER THAN MOS.
&&
.LONG TERM [MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY]...NO CHANGES. A LARGE HIGH OVER
THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA
MONDAY...SETTING UP A RETURN FLOW OF DEEP WATER VAPOR. THE
GFS/CMC/ECMWF MODELS ALL DEVELOP A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER LOUISIANA
MONDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE IT EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. MEANWHILE A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL
MOVE QUICKLY EAST IN ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS BACK INTO THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. AFTER A BRIEF DRY PERIOD...A SECOND LOW AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL ON MONDAY...AND BACK ABOVE NORMAL
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. /77
&&
.MARINE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE AREA THIS
EVENING WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BUILD TO
4 TO 6 FEET OUT TO 20 NM AND 6 TO 8 FEET WELL OFFSHORE BY SATURDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN OF AN INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AS
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY.
/13
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST
THROUGH THIS EVENING. MOST OF IT WILL BE LIGHT WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF
MODERATE RAIN POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY CLEAR SKIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE
WEEKEND. RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY IN THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND POSSIBLE SUNDAY IN THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA. THEREFORE A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN
EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE
RISK OF HIGH DISPERSION INDICES CONCURRENT WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
BELOW 35 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF HIGH DISPERSION AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT
AND IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE RISK OF LONG
DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 40 51 21 51 / 50 05 05 00
PENSACOLA 44 55 28 52 / 40 05 05 00
DESTIN 46 56 28 52 / 40 05 05 00
EVERGREEN 39 47 22 49 / 40 05 05 00
WAYNESBORO 36 48 19 51 / 50 05 05 00
CAMDEN 38 45 21 48 / 40 00 00 00
CRESTVIEW 39 53 25 54 / 40 05 05 00
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 8 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...
UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...LOWER BALDWIN...LOWER
MOBILE...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...UPPER MOBILE...
WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.
FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 8 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LOWER BALDWIN...AND LOWER MOBILE.
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 5 PM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 8 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND
INLAND SANTA ROSA.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 5 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.
FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 8 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...AND
COASTAL SANTA ROSA.
MS...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY TO 8 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND
WAYNE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM 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, Feb 10, 3:45 PM CST, 12 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-111200- 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- 345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A VERY STRONG...ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPANDS ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL BRING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO THE GULF COAST. TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE LOWER 20S NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 SATURDAY NIGHT AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S ON SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS FORECAST WELL INTO THE TEENS EARLY SUNDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO EARLY BLOOMS WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ON MANY AREA FLOWERS. A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH A FREEZE WATCH SOUTH OF THERE SUNDAY MORNING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. GMZ630-650-655-670-675-111200- 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- 345 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW FOLLOWING IN ITS WAKE BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY BE GUSTING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KNOTS BY DAYBREAK. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A VERY STRONG RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES OVER THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN A STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND HIGH SEAS WHICH CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF SMALL MARINE CRAFT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER LOUISIANA MONDAY AND TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY. SEAS TREND HIGHER AS WINDS INCREASE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WINDS DECREASE AND SEAS SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY AND THEN TREND HIGHER AGAIN BY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 10, 7:47 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 27 hr | |
| Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:26 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:23 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2012Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2012Every hard 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.