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Hard Freeze Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 28, 201410 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 28, 2014, 4:22 PM CST for 10 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 29, 2014, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 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, 4:22 PM CST (22:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2014, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 30, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 11 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 22:21 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 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jan 28, 4:07 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 4:07 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 6:05 AM CST, 10 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
605 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291215-
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-
605 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO JUST LESS THAN A HALF
INCH...MAINLY ACROSS LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 84
CORRIDOR...WITH THE HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE COASTAL
COUNTIES. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE...AND TRAVEL
WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AS ROADS AND BRIDGES BECOME ICY. POWER OUTAGES
MAY BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATION OCCURS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT FOR VALUES
OF 3 TO 10 DEGREES.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND A
PORTION OF EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS IN
THE TEENS TO AROUND 20.

A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR BREEZY NORTH WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING WEDNESDAY
FOR VALUES OF 3 TO 10 DEGREES.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 20.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE
REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-291215-
NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND-
PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE 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-
605 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE FOR STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 28, 11:25 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1125 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 AM     ICE STORM        4 SSE MOBILE AIRPORT    30.63N 88.21W
01/28/2014                   MOBILE             AL   PUBLIC

            0.10 INCHES AT COTTAGE HILL AND DAWES RD

&&

BRIAND

Local storm report, Jan 28, 11:36 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1136 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1133 AM     FREEZING RAIN    5 SSE MOBILE AIRPORT    30.61N 88.21W
01/28/2014  E0.10 INCH       MOBILE             AL   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TEMP 29 F AND FALLING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WITH GLAZE
            ACCUMULATION AND ICICLES FORMING.

&&

BRIAND

Local storm report, Jan 28, 12:56 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1256 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     FREEZING RAIN    3 S SILVERHILL          30.50N 87.75W
01/28/2014  E0.10 INCH       BALDWIN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            0.10 INCHES HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE LAST 80 MINUTES AFTER
            PREVIOUS REPORT. COVERING TREE LIMBS, CARS, CROPS, GRASS,
            ETC.

&&

BRIAND

Local storm report, Jan 28, 1:29 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
129 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 PM     ICE STORM        ORANGE BEACH            30.30N 87.58W
01/28/2014                   BALDWIN            AL   PUBLIC

            0.10 INCHES IN LAST 20 MIN. SEEING SNOWFLAKES IN THE AIR
            AS WELL.

&&

BRIAND

Local storm report, Jan 28, 4:20 PM CST, 2 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
Jan 28, 4:00 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia and 3 more	29 hr
Jan 28, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB		32 hr
Jan 28, 4:44 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	28 hr
Jan 28, 4:56 AM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	11 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2014 Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2014 Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2014 Every hard freeze warning in 2014

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.