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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 30, 2009Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 30, 2009, 3:38 AM EST for Sumter County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 31, 2009, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 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: Jan 30, 2009, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2009, 2:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 7 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 08:41 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 Jan 30, 2:22 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:22 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:27 AM EST, 23 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 9:34 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		30 hr
Jan 30, 4:46 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW		13 hr
Jan 30, 1:29 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	29 hr
Jan 30, 1:33 PM EST	Freeze Watch	TBW	Sumter	18 hr
Jan 30, 1:45 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	18 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.