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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 8, 2011

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this freeze warning at Jan 8, 2011, 3:29 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 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 8, 2011, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2011, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

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 8, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 5:18 AM EST, 10 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
518 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-081630-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
518 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR AND OFFSHORE
WATERS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A REINFORCING DRY COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS
AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL KEEP SEAS IN THE 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE NEAR
SHORE AND 5 TO 7 FEET OFFSHORE. THE BREEZY ONSHORE FLOW WILL
PRODUCE CHOPPY SURF AND WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
HUMIDITY VALUES MAY APPROACH 35 PERCENT ACROSS THE LEVY COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT LONG DURATIONS BELOW 35 PERCENT ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME AS THEY VEER INTO THE EAST ON SUNDAY.
WIND WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AND INCREASE TO AROUND 20
KNOTS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES
BY TO THE NORTH AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH
THE WATERS DURING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL KEEP SEAS ELEVATED THROUGH
MID WEEK WITH ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT MAY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 HOURS OF HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT
ACROSS THE NATURE COAST ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ITS WAKE A DRIER
AIR MASS MAY SUPPORT LONG DURATIONS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW
35 PERCENT FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MCMICHAEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 1:54 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	Sumter	4 hr

Nearby

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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.