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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Mobile, AL

March 5, 2015Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freezing rain advisory at Mar 5, 2015, 3:36 AM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 5, 2015, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2015, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 5, 2015, 2:10 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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 Mar 4, 9:54 PM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 9:54 PM CST, 5 hours 42 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
Mar 5, 8:59 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	13 hr
Mar 5, 2:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	4 hr
Mar 5, 3:04 PM CST	Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	18 hr

Nearby

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