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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Mobile, AL

December 7, 20174 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze watch at Dec 7, 2017, 3:11 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 8, 2017, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2017, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 8, 2017, 4:15 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Dec 7, 11:50 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 11:50 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 3:33 AM CSTGale WarningMOB36 hr
Dec 7, 3:33 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB3 days
Dec 7, 3:54 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more49 hr
Dec 7, 2:49 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox33 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Alabama, 2017Freeze Watches in Florida, 2017Freeze Watches in Mississippi, 2017Every freeze watch in 2017

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.