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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 28, 2008Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Feb 28, 2008, 4:51 AM EST for Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 29, 2008, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 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 28, 2008, 4:51 AM EST (09:51 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 29, 2008, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 29, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:26 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
326 AM EST THU FEB 28 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-282100-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
326 AM EST THU FEB 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
TEMPERATURES NORTH OF TAMPA BAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 30 TO 32
DEGREES JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FROM HERNANDO COUNTY NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY.
FARTHER SOUTH FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH TO THE FORT MYERS
AREA...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE MID 30S. RESIDENTS SHOULD
KEEP PETS INDOORS THIS THIS MORNING...AND MAKE SURE CHILDREN ARE
ADEQUATELY DRESSED FOR THE COLD CONDITIONS AT THE BUS STOP THIS
MORNING.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TODAY. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE LOW TO MID 20S LATE
THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHEN THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY DROPS THIS LOW...IT CREATES FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE
RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY.

...HAZARDOUS MARINE IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY...HOWEVER UNTIL LATER THIS
MORNING...SEAS WILL REMAIN IN THE 6 TO 7 FOOT RANGE OFFSHORE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT OFFSHORE THROUGH 10 AM.
CLOSER TO SHORE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH 10 AM BEFORE DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS
AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THIS
MORNING WHILE THE WINDS REMAIN GUSTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A FREEZE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING FOR HERNANDO COUNTY NORTH TO
LEVY COUNTY. TEMPERATURES IN THE WARNED AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO AROUND 30 FRIDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE
INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS
EVENING.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRY AIR WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
NORTH OF TAMPA BAY WILL INCREASE THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM HERNANDO COUNTY
NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 5:05 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTBWSumter9 hr
Feb 28, 1:59 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter28 hr

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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.