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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 7, 201712 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 7, 2017, 2:38 AM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 8, 2017, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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: Jan 7, 2017, 2:38 AM CST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 8, 2017, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 8 hr
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 08:38 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 hard freeze warning 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 6, 5:56 PM CST, 8 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 5:56 PM CST, 8 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:09 PM CST, 9 hours 29 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
Jan 7, 2:38 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	15 hr
Jan 7, 1:51 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	18 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2017 Hard Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2017 Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2017 Every hard freeze warning 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.