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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 201016 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 2, 2010, 2:06 PM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 2, 2010, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for . 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 2, 2010, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2010, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 2, 2010, 4:13 PM CST
In force
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 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -167 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Jan 2, 8:32 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 8:32 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 4:50 AM CST, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
550 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-031100-
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 EST SAT JAN 2 2010 /450 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

...A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
NIGHTS AFTER THAT...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS
ARE FORECAST TO SUBSIDE BELOW CRITERIA LATER THIS MORNING. VERY
DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. A BRIEF
BUT WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZE THIS MORNING WILL BE TRUMPED BY EVEN
COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE.
TOTAL FREEZE DURATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 12 HOURS IN THE
NORMALLY COLDEST RURAL AREAS TO ABOUT 4 TO 6 HOURS NEAR THE COAST
AND URBAN AREAS SUCH AS CENTRAL TALLAHASSEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GRIP THE REGION FOR MUCH OF
THE WEEK. HARD FREEZES ARE FORECAST FOR EACH NIGHT FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE COLDEST NIGHTS WILL BE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WHEN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP
INTO THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS MOST INLAND AREAS. ALTHOUGH IT WILL
NOT BE QUITE AS COLD...SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE
ELEVATED AT CAUTIONARY OR ADVISORY LEVELS FROM MONDAY THROUGH MID
WEEK.

.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.

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 7:47 PM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more12 hr
Jan 1, 10:22 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE346 days
Jan 2, 5:00 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more9 hr
Jan 2, 2:58 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Jan 2, 2:58 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more26 hr
Jan 2, 4:13 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2010Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2010Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every freeze warning in 2010

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.