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Small Craft Advisory 16, NWS Jacksonville, FL

March 5, 2012

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this small craft advisory at Mar 5, 2012, 3:13 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 5, 2012, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2012, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2012, 8:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 12, 2012, 3:55 AM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 5, 2:57 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:57 AM EST, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 10:38 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1038 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-
GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-060345-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-HAMILTON-
SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-ST JOHNS-
GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-
APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-
COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
1038 PM EST SUN MAR 4 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE
RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S OVER THE
SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY...WHERE WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. A FROST
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA...GILCHRIST AND
ALACHUA COUNTIES. PORTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES MAY SEE TEMPERATURES
DROP TO FREEZING BUT DURATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 2 HOURS.

ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED SOMEWHAT...SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE
STILL EXPECTED FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN ALL AREAS.

WIND CONDITIONS COULD ALSO RESULT IN ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A LONG PERIOD OF ONSHORE FLOW WILL START ON TUESDAY AND LAST
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION AS
THE FULL MOON IMPACTS TIDAL LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 10:21 PM EST	Frost Advisory	JAX	Gilchrist, Suwannee	10 hr
Mar 5, 2:14 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Flagler, Gilchrist, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more	16 hr
Mar 5, 2:56 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAX	Baker, Bradford, Nassau, Suwannee, Union	14 hr
Mar 5, 9:45 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	JAX		6 hr
Mar 5, 3:04 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	JAX	Gilchrist, Suwannee	11 hr
Mar 5, 2:56 AM EST	Wind Advisory	JAX	Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis and 2 more	14 hr

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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.