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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 8, 200616 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Dec 8, 2006, 5:22 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Dec 8, 2006, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 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, 2006, 5:22 AM CST (11:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2006, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 9, 2006, 8:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
All 47 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Dec 8, 2:14 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 2:14 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:21 AM CST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
621 AM EST FRI DEC 8 2006

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ750-755-770-775-091130-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
621 AM EST FRI DEC 8 2006 /521 AM CST FRI DEC 8 2006/

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A VERY COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE REGION.
BREEZY WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CREATE VERY COLD CONDITIONS
WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BEFORE TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO WARM AFTER SUNRISE. WARM CLOTHING ALONG WITH GLOVES
SHOULD BE WORN TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO THE COLD.

WINDS WILL RELAX TONIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES ALLOWING TEMPERATURES
TO DROP TO THE COLDEST READINGS IN OVER A YEAR ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW TWENTIES
TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE COAST YIELDING A HARD FREEZE FOR ALL INLAND
AREAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES...PETS...PLANTS AND EXPOSED UNINSULATED PIPES FROM THE
COLD. AT THE COAST...A FREEZE IS LIKELY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 20S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL GRADUALLY MODIFY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH
TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NORMAL LEVELS BY MONDAY. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN BACK
TO THE FORECAST. THIS COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
FOR THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE.

38-GODSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 1:24 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more29 hr
Dec 8, 5:05 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTAECoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston3 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2006Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2006Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every freeze warning in 2006

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.