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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 13, 2008

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Feb 13, 2008, 1:20 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 14, 2008, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 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
Feb 13, 2008, 1:20 PM EST (18:20 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 14, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Feb 13, 1:15 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 1:15 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:03 AM EST, 9 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
403 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-132115-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
403 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GULF EARLY THIS
MORNING IS GENERATING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE. IF THE LINE OF CONVECTION BECOMES
MORE INTENSE OR ANY CELLS DEVELOP AHEAD OF LINE...SOME STORMS MAY
BE STRONG BUT THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS VERY LOW. A LAST ROUND OF
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS
WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS THIS AFTERNOON
WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT
ON BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT ELEVATING WINDS
AND SEAS. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT ON THE
WATER...OR PERHAPS POSTPONE BOATING ACTIVITIES IN THESE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
THE REGION THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DURATIONS
OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED
THIS MORNING.

RD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 9:31 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 13, 9:31 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:42 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 8:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte23 min
Feb 13, 4:09 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter9 hr
Feb 13, 7:11 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW64 min
Feb 13, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Feb 13, 8:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee32 min
Feb 13, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW58 min
Feb 13, 1:24 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.