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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 202412 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this freeze warning at Mar 17, 2024, 12:58 PM CDT for 12 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Mar 19, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT. 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: Mar 17, 2024, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 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, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 16, 2:44 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 2:44 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 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 17, 2:36 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	10 hr
Mar 17, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Mar 17, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Mar 17, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		72 min
Mar 17, 1:54 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		43 hr
Mar 17, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		51 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2024 Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2024 Every freeze warning in 2024

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.