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Dense Smoke Advisory 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 11, 20079 counties in Florida; 6 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this dense smoke advisory at May 11, 2007, 10:19 AM EDT for 9 counties in Florida; 6 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2007, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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 dense smoke advisory 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 dense smoke advisory went out at May 11, 9:47 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 9:47 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
547 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2007

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-121000-
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-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
547 AM EDT FRI MAY 11 2007 /447 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE...
AND DIXIE COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM EDT...

A WILDFIRE BURNING IN COLUMBIA COUNTY IS SENDING A PLUME OF SMOKE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE EASTERN BIG BEND THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES
MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE SMOKE
EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY SHOULD IMPROVE SOME AFTER DAYBREAK
BUT VISIBILITIES BELOW 3 MILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY.

DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH DISPERSIONS WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY DEVELOP TODAY...ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND OF FLORIDA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

DENSE SMOKE FROM ACTIVE WILDFIRES MAY CONTINUE TO POSE A PROBLEM
OVER THE EASTERN BIG BEND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

CAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 4:02 AM EDTRed Flag WarningTAECalhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more16 hr

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in Florida, 2007Dense Smoke Advisories in Georgia, 2007Every dense smoke advisory in 2007

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.