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Dense Smoke Advisory 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 29, 2012Gadsden County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this dense smoke advisory at Mar 29, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT for Gadsden County, Leon County, Wakulla County, Florida. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2012, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2012, 9:05 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Gadsden County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 dense smoke advisory 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 dense smoke advisory went out at Mar 29, 4:36 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:36 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 12:11 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more	9 hr

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in Florida, 2012 Every dense smoke advisory in 2012

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.