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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 6, 2009

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 6, 2009, 1:59 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2009, 1:59 PM EST (18:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 6, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 8, 2009, 4:00 AM EST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 6, 10:21 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 10:21 AM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 6:35 AM EST, 7 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
635 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-071115-
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-
635 AM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 /535 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009/

...A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...

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...

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BURN OFF QUICKLY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL BE PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE
CONTAINING STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER HAS HIGHLIGHTED OUR AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM LEE
COUNTY GEORGIA TO FRANKLIN COUNTY FLORIDA FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN 8 PM EST AND
MIDNIGHT EST AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN BIG
BEND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO
WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE
EASTERN BIG BEND TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT
WILL BE FROM DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY
LEVELS ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY
MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL IT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION EITHER LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
OR EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT ACROSS
THE LOCAL WATERS AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOWER RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY AIDE THE SPREAD
OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT DEVELOP. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ACTIVATED AT THE FIRST ISSUANCE OF
A WATCH OR WEATHER WARNING FOR OUR AREA.

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.

BARRY/CAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 8:18 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 3 more14 hr
Jan 6, 2:14 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton29 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.