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Freezing Rain Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

February 20, 20157 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freezing rain advisory at Feb 20, 2015, 7:36 AM CST for 7 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 99 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2015, 7:36 AM CST (13:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2015, 9:15 AM CST
In force
99 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Feb 20, 7:06 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 7:06 AM CST, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 6:52 AM CST, 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
652 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211300-
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-
652 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH PRESSURE HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE REGION...AND A STORM SYSTEM HAS
BEGAN TO DEVELOP WELL TO OUR WEST. A VERY DRY AND COLD AIRMASS REMAINS
IN PLACE THIS MORNING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO MODIFY TODAY AND ESPECIALLY
TONIGHT AS A RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. SOME LIGHT
RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
MID MORNING...BUT THE VERY DRY AIRMASS IN LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
WILL NOT ALLOW THE LIGHT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION TO NOT REACH THE
GROUND. IF ANY PRECIPITATION DOES REACH THE GROUND...THERE MAY BE A
VERY BRIEF WINDOW OF FOR SOME VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
THROUGH MID MORNING UP AROUND WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES. LITTLE TO
NO ICE ACCUMULATION AND NO DRIVING HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. WE WILL
MONITOR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY AND MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. SHOWERS WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE
AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER
IS EXPECTED.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER NETWORKS IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.

GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-211300-
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-
652 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WIND TODAY AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS
OVER GULF WATERS BY THIS EVENING AND ROUGH CONDITIONS ON BAYS AND
INLAND WATERWAYS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER THE MARINE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 3:55 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB44 hr
Feb 20, 6:11 AM CSTRed Flag WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more6 hr
Feb 20, 8:44 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOB69 hr
Feb 20, 2:48 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more28 hr
Feb 20, 2:59 PM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryMOB39 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Alabama, 2015Freezing Rain Advisories in Mississippi, 2015Every freezing rain 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.