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Current Watches and Warnings

Alabama, Fayette

Public Information Statement

Statement as of 1:22 AM CST on November 23, 2009

... Freeze and frost product issuances end for the year on
Thanksgiving day...

As part of normal procedure... the National Weather Service in
Birmingham issues frost advisories... and freeze watches and
warnings... to coincide with the end of the growing season in the
fall and the beginning of the next growing season in the Spring.
On Thursday... Thanksgiving day... we will end the issuance of frost
advisories... as well as freeze watches and warnings for the fall
season. These products will resume on or after March 15th.

Hard freeze watches and warnings will still be issued when
temperatures are expected to be 15 degrees or colder anywhere
in central Alabama. These watches and warnings will be issued with
the normal heading of npwbmx.

The main reason for this date is that the median average of the
first fall freeze during the 30 year climatological normals period
of 1971 to 2000. The median is defined as the middle value of an
ordered set of values. In other words... 50 percent of the time
freezing temperatures occur before the given date and 50 percent of
the time freezing temperatures occur after the given date. Typically
the first freeze occurs toward the middle of October in the
northwest... to the second week of November for the southern sections
of central Alabama.

Through November 22... there has not been a widespread significant
freeze across all of central Alabama. That being said... numerous
spots have already dropped below freezing a couple of times this
year. Despite the lack of widespread freezing temperatures... there
have been a couple of widespread frost events.

Taking a look at some numbers for 2009... Birmingham has only dropped
to 35 degrees this fall... on October 18th. The median average date
for the first freeze at Birmingham is November 10th. By November
19th... Birmingham has had a freeze 90 percent of the time. By
November 30th... Birmingham has had a first freeze 99 percent of the
time. There was one year... 1931... in which Birmingham did not have a
freeze for the fall season or before December 31st. This is
based on observations from 1900 to 2009.

Montgomery has reached the freezing mark at least once this fall
season. On November 20th... Montgomery dropped to 31 degrees. The
median average date for the first freeze at Montgomery is November
13th. By November 17th... Montgomery has had a freeze 75 percent of
the time and by November 29th... Montgomery has had a freeze 90
percent of the time. By December 11th... Montgomery has had a first
freeze 99 percent of the time. There were two years... 1923 and
1931... in which Montgomery did not have a freeze for the fall season
or before December 31st. This is based on observations from 1900 to
2009.

The first freeze that cool season was not until January 10... 1932 in
Birmingham and January 31... 1932 in Montgomery.

Weather Severe Map

Alabama - Public Information Statement

Public Information Statement - Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston

Alaska - Wind Advisory , High Wind Watch , High Wind Warning , Winter Weather Advisory , Blizzard Warning , Blizzard Watch , Public Information Statement

Wind Advisory - Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area, Misty Fjords, Southern Inner Channels

High Wind Watch - Anchorage

High Wind Warning - Western Prince William Sound

Winter Weather Advisory - Eastern Chichagof Island, Glacier Bay, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway

Blizzard Warning - Kuskokwim Delta

Blizzard Watch - Northeast Prince William Sound

Public Information Statement - Baldwin Peninsula and Selawik Valley, Central Beaufort Sea Coast, Central Interior, Chukchi Sea Coast, Deltana and Tanana Flats, Denali, Eastern Alaska Range, Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills, Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys, Lower Yukon Valley, Middle Tanana Valley, Northeastern Brooks Range, Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula, Northern Arctic Coast, Northwestern Brooks Range, Southeastern Brooks Range, Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast, Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Upper Koyukuk Valley, Upper Kuskokwim Valley, Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country, Western Arctic Coast, Yukon Delta, Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands

Arkansas - Flood Warning

Flood Warning - Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Jackson, Monroe, Union, White, Woodruff

California - Wind Advisory , Frost Advisory

Wind Advisory - Los Angeles County Mountains excluding the Santa Monica Range, Santa Barbara County Mountains, Santa Barbara County South Coast, Ventura County Mountains

Frost Advisory - Mendocino Coast, Redwood Coast

Colorado - Wind Advisory , Winter Weather Advisory , Public Information Statement

Wind Advisory - Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County

Winter Weather Advisory - Elkhead and Park Mountains, Flattops, Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys

Public Information Statement - Boulder and Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County, Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Central and South Weld County, Central and Southeast Park County, Cheyenne County, Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet, Jackson County Below 9000 Feet, Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet, Kit Carson County, Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet, Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County, Logan County, Morgan County, North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County, North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County, Northeast Weld County, Phillips County, Sedgwick County, South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet, South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet, Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County, Washington County, West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet, Yuma County

Delaware - Coastal Flood Advisory

Coastal Flood Advisory - Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex, Kent

Florida - Dense Fog Advisory , Special Weather Statement

Dense Fog Advisory - Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns

Special Weather Statement - Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter

Georgia - Flood Warning

Flood Warning - Appling, Effingham, Jeff Davis, Montgomery, Screven, Toombs

Idaho - Record Report

Record Report - Central Panhandle Mountains, Coeur d'Alene Area, Idaho Palouse, Lewis and Southern Nez Perce Counties, Lewiston Area, Northern Panhandle

Illinois - Flood Warning , Special Weather Statement

Flood Warning - Alexander, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Jackson, Jersey, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Schuyler, Scott, Union

Special Weather Statement - Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Putnam, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago

Indiana - Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement - Adams, Allen, Blackford, Cass, De Kalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, La Porte, Lagrange, Marshall, Miami, Noble, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, White, Whitley

Iowa - Record Report , Public Information Statement

Record Report - Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury

Public Information Statement - Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Jasper, Kossuth, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, Wright

Kansas - Dense Fog Advisory , Public Information Statement

Dense Fog Advisory - Barber, Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Harper, Harvey, Jewell, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Reno, Republic, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Smith, Stafford, Sumner, Trego

Public Information Statement - Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cheyenne, Cowley, Decatur, Elk, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Neosho, Norton, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Sheridan, Sherman, Sumner, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson

Louisiana - Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory

Flood Warning - Beauregard, Bossier, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Franklin, Ouachita, St. Mary, Union, Webster

Dense Fog Advisory - Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon

Michigan - Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement - Alger, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Delta, Dickinson, Hillsdale, Luce, Marquette, Menominee, Northern Schoolcraft, Southern Schoolcraft, St. Joseph

Minnesota - Dense Fog Advisory , Record Report

Dense Fog Advisory - Carlton/South St. Louis, Central St. Louis, Northern Cook/Northern Lake, South Itasca, Southern Cook/North Shore, Southern Lake/North Shore

Record Report - Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton/South St. Louis, Carver, Central St. Louis, Chippewa, Chisago, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Jackson, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, North Cass, North Itasca, North St. Louis, Northern Aitkin, Northern Cook/Northern Lake, Pine, Pipestone, Pope, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, South Aitkin, South Cass, South Itasca, Southern Cook/North Shore, Southern Lake/North Shore, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wright, Yellow Medicine

Missouri - Flood Warning

Flood Warning - Cape Girardeau, Jefferson, Perry, Scott, St. Louis

Montana - High Wind Watch

High Wind Watch - Eastern Glacier, Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Southern Rocky Mountain Front

Nebraska - Dense Fog Advisory , Record Report , Public Information Statement

Dense Fog Advisory - Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Dixon, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Phelps, Polk, Sherman, Thayer, Valley, Webster, York

Record Report - Dakota, Dixon

Public Information Statement - Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow

New Jersey - Coastal Flood Advisory

Coastal Flood Advisory - Atlantic, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Cape May, Coastal Atlantic, Coastal Ocean, Cumberland, Ocean, Southeastern Burlington

New Mexico - Wind Advisory

Wind Advisory - Central Highlands, East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Eastern Lincoln County, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Guadalupe County, Northeast Highlands

North Carolina - Flood Warning

Flood Warning - Martin

Ohio - Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement - Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams

Oklahoma - Dense Fog Advisory

Dense Fog Advisory - Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Seminole, Stephens, Tillman, Washita, Woods, Woodward

South Carolina - Flood Warning

Flood Warning - Allendale, Coastal Jasper, Hampton, Inland Jasper

South Dakota - Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory , Record Report

Flood Warning - Spink

Dense Fog Advisory - Aurora, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner, Yankton

Record Report - Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn, Turner, Union, Yankton

Texas - Flood Warning , Dense Fog Advisory

Flood Warning - Bowie, Calhoun, Cass, DeWitt, Franklin, Goliad, Jackson, Morris, Newton, Orange, Red River, Refugio, Titus, Victoria

Dense Fog Advisory - Anderson, Archer, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fort Bend, Freestone, Frio, Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Jack, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Johnson, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lamar, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, Madison, Matagorda, Maverick, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Milam, Mills, Montague, Montgomery, Navarro, Newton, Orange, Palo Pinto, Parker, Polk, Rains, Real, Refugio, Robertson, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Young, Zavala

Washington - Flood Warning , Record Report

Flood Warning - Hood Canal Area, Lower Chehalis Valley Area, Olympics

Record Report - East Slopes Northern Cascades, Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties, Moses Lake Area, Northeast Blue Mountains, Northeast Mountains, Okanogan Highlands, Okanogan Valley, Spokane Area, Upper Columbia Basin, Washington Palouse, Waterville Plateau, Wenatchee Area

Wisconsin - Dense Fog Advisory , Special Weather Statement , Record Report

Dense Fog Advisory - Dane, Douglas, Green, Rock

Special Weather Statement - Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marathon, Menominee, Northern Marinette County, Northern Oconto County, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Southern Marinette County, Southern Oconto County, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood

Record Report - Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iron, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Washburn

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