Alert archive / Alabama / Hard Freeze Warnings in 2014
Hard Freeze Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 28, 2014, 4:56 AM CST for 39 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 29, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Jan 28, 2014, 4:56 AM CST (10:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 39 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hard freeze warning went out at Jan 27, 5:56 PM CST, 11 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 5:56 PM CST, 11 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:44 PM CST, 14 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 244 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-282045- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 244 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CLANTON TO WEDOWEE. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO. ANOTHER SURGE OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 15 DEGREES OR LOWER IN SEVERAL SPOTS EACH MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING APPEARS THE COLDEST WHERE LOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER TEENS WITH MID TEENS ON THURSDAY MORNING. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ARCTIC SURGE OF COLD AIR...LEADING TO HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE DRY CONDITIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...AND AGAIN ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY DUE TO THE DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 5:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 13 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:55 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 15 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.