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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 25, 200816 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this fire weather watch at Feb 25, 2008, 1:40 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Feb 27, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2008, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 26, 2008, 1:39 PM CST
In force
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 19:42 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Feb 25, 1:40 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 1:40 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 5:49 AM CST, 7 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
649 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-261200-
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-
649 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008 /549 AM CST MON FEB 25 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AREAS OF FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. MANY AREA RIVERS
REMAIN SWOLLEN FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. THE CHIPOLA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE HIGH ENOUGH TO
THREATEN SOME HOMES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARIANNA TODAY. THE
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER IN HAVANA HAS RISEN SUFFICIENTLY TO FLOOD PARTS
OF STATE ROUTE 12. CONSULT LOCAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLOOD
STATEMENTS FOR RIVER CREST FORECASTS AND POTENTIAL FLOODING
IMPACTS.

THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY ACROSS
THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR PROFILES
SUGGEST THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND HAIL...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN
BOWING SEGMENTS. RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO
BE AN INCH OR LESS. WINDS WILL PICK UP TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LEVELS OVER THE GULF WATERS ON TUESDAY IN THE ONSHORE FLOW AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...AND GET EVEN HIGHER ONCE WINDS SHIFT TO OFFSHORE
BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. UNLIKE THE LAST
FRONTAL PASSAGE...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEHIND
THIS COLD FRONT. A FEW AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST
GEORGIA COULD FLIRT WITH THE FREEZING MARK BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WINDS WILL STAY UP DURING THE NIGHT CREATING WIND CHILL READING
WELL DOWN INTO THE 20S DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WILL BE EVEN COLDER WITH A WIDESPREAD FREEZE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY...BUT IS LIKELY FOR
TUESDAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 8:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Jackson	3 days
Feb 25, 9:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Wakulla	24 hr
Feb 25, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Calhoun	5 days

Nearby

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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.