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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 27, 201512 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this frost advisory at Mar 27, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Mar 28, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2015, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL

Counties Bibb County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Mar 27, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 5:25 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 4:26 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 7 more	24 hr
Mar 27, 4:26 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 4 more	29 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Alabama, 2015 Every frost advisory in 2015

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.