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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 12, 20106 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this red flag warning at Feb 12, 2010, 3:33 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2010, 12:00 PM EST. 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
Feb 12, 2010, 3:33 PM EST (20:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2010, 4:04 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

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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 Feb 12, 9:59 AM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:59 AM EST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 5:20 AM EST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
520 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-131030-
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-
520 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010 /420 AM CST FRI FEB 12 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.

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN AS IT PASSES SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A COLD RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH
SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND
INLAND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS
ANTICIPATED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA TO THE WEST OF
ALBANY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
AROUND MIDDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ENDING
THIS EVENING. FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE ADJACENT FLORIDA
PANHANDLE COUNTIES...FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE NORTHERN TIER
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. UP TO 4 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED SPOTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOST SECTIONS. EXPECT LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS THE REST
OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE PANHANDLE. ACROSS THE BIG BEND...
RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.

WHILE ROADS IN THE WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME ICY...ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME ICY DURING
PERIODS OF ANY HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ALLOWING ANY
LEFTOVER WATER ON ROADWAYS TO FREEZE.

STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS MARINE
CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. THEN...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF
RAIN. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD INTO THE
REGION AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS SHOULD
MONITOR TODAY'S WEATHER AND REPORT ANY UNUSUAL WEATHER TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 12, 12:35 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 12, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 12, 3:04 PM EST, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 12, 3:10 PM EST, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 12, 3:14 PM EST, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 4:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE30 hr
Feb 12, 10:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon49 hr
Feb 12, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTAEWakulla57 hr

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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.