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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 12, 201116 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this hard freeze warning at Jan 12, 2011, 4:43 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida; 26 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 12, 2011, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 13, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
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 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hard 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 hard freeze warning went out at Jan 12, 1:25 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 1:25 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 4:23 AM CST, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
523 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-130300-
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-
523 AM EST WED JAN 12 2011 /423 AM CST WED JAN 12 2011/

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...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS MORNING...
...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 ARE PRODUCING WIND
CHILL READINGS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20 DEGREES THIS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL RISE ABOVE THE CRITICAL 20
DEGREE THRESHOLD BY 9 OR 10 AM. AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SKIES WILL BE
SUNNY TODAY BUT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH
THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL RAPIDLY IN THE DRY AIR MASS AFTER SUNSET WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BOTTOM OUT IN THE
LOWER TO MID 20S INLAND AREAS AND MID 20S ALONG THE COAST. AS A
RESULT...A HARD FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. LIGHT
NORTHERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE
MID TO UPPER TEENS AND A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL ALSO LIKELY BE
IN EFFECT. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
LOCAL WATERS INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE GRIP OF THE ARCTIC AIR MASS
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HARD FREEZES ARE EXPECTED FOR BOTH FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. A GRADUAL MODERATING TREND IN TEMPERATURES
WILL COMMENCE THIS WEEKEND WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALONG
WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN EARLY NEXT 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.

BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:19 AM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more24 hr
Jan 12, 3:19 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more15 hr
Jan 12, 1:01 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more37 hr
Jan 12, 1:01 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more29 hr
Jan 12, 1:08 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more20 hr
Jan 12, 1:37 PM CSTHard Freeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more25 hr

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2011Hard Freeze Warnings in Florida, 2011Hard Freeze Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every hard freeze warning in 2011

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.