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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Dec 8, 2016, 3:19 PM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 10, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Dec 8, 2016, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2016, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
972 WWUS74 KMOB 082119 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 319 PM CST THU DEC 8 2016 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW...UNDERNEATH CLEAR SKIES...WILL BRING THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON TO COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-091000- /O.UPG.KMOB.FZ.A.0003.161210T0600Z-161210T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMOB.FZ.W.0003.161210T0600Z-161210T1300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND... GRAND BAY...FORT MORGAN...GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...BEULAH... ENSLEY...FORT PICKENS...PENSACOLA...PENSACOLA BEACH... PERDIDO BAY...BAGDAD...GULF BREEZE...NAVARRE...DESTIN... EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE... VALPARAISO...WRIGHT 319 PM CST THU DEC 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 7 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 7 AM CST SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...EARLY MORNING LOWS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PETS AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
418 WWUS74 KMOB 091001 AAA NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 401 AM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW...UNDERNEATH CLEAR SKIES...WILL BRING THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON TO COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-092200- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0003.161210T0600Z-161210T1300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND... GRAND BAY...FORT MORGAN...GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...BEULAH... ENSLEY...FORT PICKENS...PENSACOLA...PENSACOLA BEACH... PERDIDO BAY...BAGDAD...GULF BREEZE...NAVARRE...DESTIN... EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE... VALPARAISO...WRIGHT 401 AM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...EARLY MORNING LOWS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PETS AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
220 WWUS74 KMOB 092048 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 248 PM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW...UNDERNEATH CLEAR SKIES... WILL BRING THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON TO COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-100500- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0003.161210T0600Z-161210T1300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND... GRAND BAY...FORT MORGAN...GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...BEULAH... ENSLEY...FORT PICKENS...PENSACOLA...PENSACOLA BEACH... PERDIDO BAY...BAGDAD...GULF BREEZE...NAVARRE...DESTIN... EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE... VALPARAISO...WRIGHT 248 PM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CST SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...EARLY MORNING LOWS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PETS AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
346 WWUS74 KMOB 100436 NPWMOB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1036 PM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW...UNDERNEATH CLEAR SKIES... WILL BRING THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON TO COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALZ265-266-FLZ202-204-206-101300- /O.CON.KMOB.FZ.W.0003.161210T0600Z-161210T1300Z/ MOBILE COASTAL-BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAYOU LA BATRE...DAUPHIN ISLAND... GRAND BAY...FORT MORGAN...GULF SHORES...ORANGE BEACH...BEULAH... ENSLEY...FORT PICKENS...PENSACOLA...PENSACOLA BEACH... PERDIDO BAY...BAGDAD...GULF BREEZE...NAVARRE...DESTIN... EGLIN AFB...FORT WALTON BEACH...NICEVILLE...SEMINOLE... VALPARAISO...WRIGHT 1036 PM CST FRI DEC 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...EARLY MORNING LOWS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 27 TO 32 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON IS FORECAST TO IMPACT COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PETS AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:13 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 11 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2016Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 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.