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Red Flag Warning 124, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 5, 201010 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Dec 5, 2010, 4:12 AM CST for 10 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 5, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. 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
Dec 5, 2010, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 5, 2010, 5:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Dec 5, 2:20 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 2:20 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 2:36 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
336 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-060845-
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-INLAND BAY-CALHOUN-INLAND GULF-
INLAND FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-
INLAND WAKULLA-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE-SOUTH WALTON-
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-COASTAL JEFFERSON-
COASTAL WAKULLA-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL 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-
336 AM EST SUN DEC 5 2010 /236 AM CST SUN DEC 5 2010/

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...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A STRONG BUT MOSTLY
DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING.
HIGHS WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO THE MID 50S NORTH TO LOW 60S SOUTH.
EXPECT GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WHICH WILL MAKE THE TEMPERATURES FEEL
COLDER ON THE BODY.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS CREATING HAZARDOUS
MARINE CONDITIONS.

THE BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRIER AIR MASS WILL FAVOR
THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR.

A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOWS WILL DROP TO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK.
BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EACH MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH HARD FREEZES POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS.

ALTHOUGH THE WINDS WILL NOTICEABLY DECREASE..A VERY DRY AIRMASS
WILL REMAIN FAVORING THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 4:12 AM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Dec 5, 1:32 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Taylor and 2 more23 hr
Dec 5, 1:32 PM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more17 hr
Dec 5, 1:32 PM CSTHard Freeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more23 hr
Dec 5, 1:43 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Florida, 2010Every red flag 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.