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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this frost advisory at Apr 15, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 08:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 15, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:50 AM CDT, 23 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 550 AM EDT MON APR 14 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-151000- 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- 550 AM EDT MON APR 14 2008 /450 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008/ ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 35 PERCENT AND 20-FOOT WINDS OF 15 MPH OR GREATER... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL GULF WATERS. IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH NEAR RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY MORNING AT SOME LOCATIONS. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT WIND AND CLOUD COVER TONIGHT TO PREVENT THE FORMATION OF FROST. VERY DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY COMBINED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH FLORIDA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... IT WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER ON TUESDAY BUT MAX TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE DO EXPECT MORE SUNSHINE AND LESS WIND ON TUESDAY SO IT WONT FEEL NEARLY AS COLD AS THE CONDITIONS FELT ON MONDAY. WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED TO ADVISORY LEVELS AT LEAST UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH FLORIDA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT AND SKIES SHOULD BE CLEAR ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE MID 30S OVER MOST INLAND AREAS. IF THE WINDS DIMINISH AS EXPECTED AND THE TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE MID 30S...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FROST ACROSS THE REGION FOR AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST AND OUTSIDE URBAN CENTERS. A FROST THIS LATE IN THE SEASON WILL HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND NEWLY PLANTED GARDENS AND FARM FIELDS. PERSONS SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO LIMIT POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THIS SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ALSO...A FEW NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES MAY BE ESTABLISHED WEDNESDAY MORNING. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO SEASONAL LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH THE TRI-STATE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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. 22-BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 40 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 14 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.