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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Nov 21, 2016, 2:55 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 22, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2016, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2016, 12:54 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907 WWUS74 KMOB 210855 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 255 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT MANY INLAND AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... ALZ051>060-261-262-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-211700- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0002.161122T0600Z-161122T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.161122T0600Z-161122T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161121T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-ESCAMBIA INLAND- SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...GROVE HILL...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... BRANTLEY...LUVERNE...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...CITRONELLE...SARALAND...STOCKTON...CENTURY...MOLINO... WALNUT HILL...JAY...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 255 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND ANIMALS WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ263-264-211400- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161121T1400Z/ MOBILE CENTRAL-BALDWIN CENTRAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE... BAY MINETTE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT 255 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND ANIMALS WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
405 WWUS74 KMOB 211346 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 746 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY WITH UNABATED SUNSHINE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS. A FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR MANY INLAND AREAS... ALZ051>060-261-262-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-212200- /O.CAN.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161121T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.161122T0600Z-161122T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-ESCAMBIA INLAND- SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...GROVE HILL...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... BRANTLEY...LUVERNE...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...CITRONELLE...SARALAND...STOCKTON...CENTURY...MOLINO... WALNUT HILL...JAY...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 746 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND ANIMALS WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALZ263-264-211500- /O.CAN.KMOB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161121T1400Z/ MOBILE CENTRAL-BALDWIN CENTRAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBILE...PRICHARD...THEODORE... BAY MINETTE...DAPHNE...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...SPANISH FORT 746 AM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY WITH UNABATED SUNSHINE AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS. $$
739 WWUS74 KMOB 211854 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1254 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...THE FREEZE WARNING FOR INLAND PORTIONS OF THE REGION FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ALZ051>060-261-262-FLZ201-203-205-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-212000- /O.CAN.KMOB.FZ.W.0002.161122T0600Z-161122T1400Z/ CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-MOBILE INLAND-BALDWIN INLAND-ESCAMBIA INLAND- SANTA ROSA INLAND-OKALOOSA INLAND-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUTLER...LISMAN...SILAS...CHATOM... MILLRY...GROVE HILL...JACKSON...THOMASVILLE...CAMDEN... PINE HILL...HOMEWOOD...MONROEVILLE...EVERGREEN...GREENVILLE... BRANTLEY...LUVERNE...ATMORE...BREWTON...FLOMATON...ANDALUSIA... OPP...CITRONELLE...SARALAND...STOCKTON...CENTURY...MOLINO... WALNUT HILL...JAY...MILTON...CRESTVIEW...WAYNESBORO...BEAUMONT... NEW AUGUSTA...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN...WIGGINS...LUCEDALE 1254 PM CST MON NOV 21 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE RECEIVED THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE AUTUMN SEASON EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH OBSERVED READINGS RANGING FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES. SINCE THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS...ANOTHER ROUTINE FREEZE WARNING FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WILL NOT BE NECESSARY AGAIN THIS WINTER SEASON. HOWEVER...ROUTINE FREEZE WARNINGS WILL RESUME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT GROWING SEASON. PLEASE REFER TO THE UPCOMING SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 24 hr |
| Nov 21, 2:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 14 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2016Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016
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.