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Fire Weather Watch 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 10, 201216 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this fire weather watch at Feb 10, 2012, 4:32 AM CST for 16 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2012, 4:32 AM CST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2012, 2:24 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties 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

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Feb 10, 2:27 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:27 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:31 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
431 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-128-134-
GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-111100-
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-
431 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 /331 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...OTHER THAN
INCREASING WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND BRING
MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. A
WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS ANTICIPATED SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MARGINAL
HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP AS
LOW AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BY SUNDAY MORNING WHICH WOULD MEET
ADVISORY CRITERIA. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY
NIGHT ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LOWER BY THEN.

OVER THE MARINE AREA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. GALE
FORCE GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

.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.

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:19 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE46 hr
Feb 10, 2:24 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more28 hr
Feb 10, 2:24 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.